Electricity

Eskom users, fined for bridging electricity, beg to be reconnected

In Orange Farm many residents have been disconnected for two years because they can’t pay the R6k remedial fee

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News | 16 July 2020

Sophiatown bursts into protests

20-year-old Cape Town informal settlement has floods but no water

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Brief | 29 June 2020

Sophiatown residents’ 20-year battle for services and housing

City says it can’t provide services on land it does not own

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News | 24 June 2020

“Every day there are electricity issues,” says Pietermaritzburg resident

Electricity was restored in Ngubeni on Saturday after two days of protests

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News | 22 June 2020

Eskom warns that residents who “bridge” electricity will remain in the dark

Tsakane residents without electricity for two weeks block roads in protest

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News | 19 June 2020

Two years waiting for the lights to be switched on

Poles and cables were installed in Ngudza, Limpopo, in 2018

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Brief | 9 June 2020

East London community warned to remove illegal connections by Monday

Cuba residents have been protesting since Tuesday in a bid to stop the power utility from disconnecting them

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News | 5 June 2020

Swartland police fire rubber bullets and teargas at shack dwellers

Silvertown residents are demanding basic municipal services

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News | 4 June 2020

R92 million and six years later no electricity in Makhabeleni

Municipality says it needs another R15 million to complete project

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Brief | 29 May 2020