WATCH | Farm dumps almost 12 000 litres of milk in one day due to load shedding (News24) – A dairy farm in KwaZulu-Natal has been forced to dump nearly 12,000 litres of milk – a full day’s worth – due to persistent load-shedding. Power cuts have caused multiple issues on the farm including low voltage …
Ramaphosa asks Eskom to halt 18.65% power tariff hike (News24) – While delivering his closing remarks at the ANC Free State provincial conference on Sunday, President Cyril Ramaphosa said he had asked Eskom not to implement the 18.65% tariff increase in April. The president said he had asked the power utility to hold off on the …
Tariff hike won’t save Eskom – it needs structural reform, says DA’s Steenhuisen (Daily Maverick) – The Democratic Alliance filed papers at the Gauteng High Court on Thursday, which seeks to interdict the National Energy Regulator’s 18.65% electricity tariff increase. READ MORE. City Power has no mini-substations because of theft and load-shedding (Times LIVE) – Hundreds …
Sarb likely to, once again, hike interest rate – says economist (EWN) – The South African Reserve Bank is likely to hike the repo rate at its upcoming bi-monthly monetary policy committee meeting, says economist Dawie Roodt. Roodt says the Sarb is likely to hike the repo rate by 25 basis points following the release of …
Experts declare global energy crisis at World Economic Forum (EWN) – Energy experts attending the World Economic Forum sounded the alarm on Tuesday and declared a global energy crisis. Some experts said the energy crisis worsened further following the year-long invasion of Ukraine by Russia. Executive director of the international energy agency, Fatih Birol, said never …
Lawyers issue letter of demand to Eskom, Gordhan over load shedding (News24) – High-powered lawyers, leaders, and major groups issued public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan and Eskom CEO André de Ruyter with a letter of demand to stop load-shedding with immediate effect. The legal team said their clients had instructed them to draft the letter of …
Ramaphosa cancels trip to WEF amid load-shedding crisis In what is becoming an increasingly regular occurrence for Cyril Ramaphosa, the president cancelled his working trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland so that he can attend to the load-shedding crisis. On Sunday, Ramaphosa’s spokesperson said he was currently meeting with leaders of political …
Massive Eskom tariff hike approved by Nersa Energy regulator Nersa has given Eskom the go-ahead to increase its tariffs by 18.65% in 2023 and 12.74% the following year. The increase is lower than the 32% hike Eskom was seeking but the increases will allow the power utility to recover R318 billion for 2023/24 and R352 …
Stage 6 load-shedding implemented indefinitely after further breakdowns Eskom says it has suffered 11 breakdowns across its power stations, which has necessitated the need for all-day Stage 6 load-shedding until further notice. The eleven generators account for 5,084 MW of capacity while planned maintenance accounts for 5,739 MW and total breakdowns amount to 18,041 MW. …
Stage 6 load-shedding to be implemented until further notice Eskom ramped up its load-shedding schedule on Tuesday evening, pushing the country into Stage 6 power cuts. The power utility says Stage 6 nightly load shedding will then be implemented from 16:00 – 05:00 until further notice. The latest change to the load-shedding schedule comes after …
