Electricity

Learners march to Eskom as school has been without electricity for several months

SGB says that illegal connections are to blame for the outage

Ladysmith substation repair could take up to two months to complete

Some areas of the town suffered a nine-day power outage

Will a State of Disaster fix the electricity crisis? An engineer weighs in

There are good reasons to be sceptical

This hospital’s generator has been broken for weeks, but the Eastern Cape health department says it doesn’t matter

Kareedouw Hospital has no backup generator during loadshedding

Protesters block main road in Cape Town, demanding electricity

“Councillors fool us during election campaigns”

Loadshedding: here are your options

Give us electricity or move us, says Mamelodi community

Most residents at Phomolong informal settlement rely on illegal connections

“We’re losing big time”- businesses crippled by Eskom blackouts

Reduced income and extra costs are hurting local enterprise

Unrest erupts in Queenstown over blackouts

ANC supporters form human barrier to protect the party’s offices

Pretorians protest against loadshedding and tariff hike

“2024 is around the corner. This injustice is something that we are not going to forget”

Mantashe’s axing of Peter Becker was unconstitutional, rules court

Becker served on the National Nuclear Regulatory Board

Fire Gwede Mantashe, say activists

Civil society groups plan mass action against electricity tariff hike and blackouts

Fresh protests erupt in Phoenix as power outages continue

Supply lines unable to cope with surges caused by loadshedding

Politicians blamed for stoking Phoenix protests

After an extended power outage, people took to the streets burning tyres

Hundreds march in Free State over water shortages

Moqhaka Local Municipality in Kroonstad blames loadshedding for supply issues

Understanding Eskom’s high failure rate

Researchers have identified the underlying causes