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After months of stalled negotiations with Johannesburg and a delayed independent report intended to resolve metering and billing disagreements, Chris Yelland reports that Eskom may be on the warpath ...
South Africans are increasingly turning to solar energy, and sectional title property owners are not excluded from the ...
The Ministry of Electricity and Energy has announced plans to expropriate privately-owned land, with compensation, as part of ...
Chris Yelland, an energy analyst and managing director of EE Business Intelligence, said they conducted a study on the tariff increases' impacts on Eskom’s direct residential customers.
The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dr Dion George, welcomes Eskom’s ongoing commitment, reaffirmed today, to waive registration fees and provide free smart meters for residential ...
The department said this allows Eskom to phase out these stations responsibly while ensuring energy stability during the transition. George said the exemptions come with strict conditions to ...
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has unveiled a record-breaking R39.7bn infrastructure investment over three years, the largest in South Africa’s history. He made the announcement on Thursday, 27 ...
South Africa has allowed eight coal-fired plants run by state-owned Eskom to breach emission rules in an attempt to help the cash-strapped utility focus resources on providing a steady electricity ...
Eskom has been granted limited air quality exemptions for eight of its coal-fired power stations. Critics warn this move delays much-needed compliance as affected communities continue to suffer ...
Read: Must the RAF give R5bn to Sars so it can pay fuel rebates to Eskom? The application was prompted by a dispute between the RAF and Sars related to “diesel refunds” claimed by Eskom in ...
Eskom continues to struggle with unplanned outages at its power plants, even during load-shedding-free periods, and energy supply continues to be a top concern among local business leaders. PwC’s ...
The DA strongly condemns the 12.74% Eskom tariff increase. Is is attack on the economic sustainability of millions of households. We demand a transparent review of Eskom’s pricing policies and ...