It is good progress but we are not out of the woods yet, says Eskom.
Eskom seemingly cannot dig its way out of a black hole of its own making, so now they’re lying to the public. That’s according to Natasha Mazzone, anyway.
Five Billion Rand has been rushed to beleaguered power supplier Eskom to prevent the company from defaulting on its financial obligations.
Don’t fall for the false information currently being passed around about load shedding: Eskom have revealed there’s a hoax sweeping across SA.
Planned power outages in the West Rand over the weekend and the possibility of load shedding on Friday. Lovely.
A sudden loss of vital generating units, shortly after midday on Thursday, sent the power utility into a brief tailspin.
Rotational load shedding is looming over South Africa once more.
The spectre of load shedding is set to haunt South Africans again this week, as Eskom reveal that there’s a “high risk” of power cuts over the next few days.
As Eskom’s old units go offline and the cost to replace generational capacity soars, the severity of load shedding may well increase over the next decade.
The EFF gave Pravin Gordhan the nickname ‘Joshua Doore’ back in November 2018. Now we have a remix too.
The spokesperson has, undoubtedly, been under immense pressure as a result of Eskom’s failures,
Eskom aren’t flinching in the face of overwhelming criticism. They believe the law firms trying to sue them for load shedding haven’t got a leg to stand on.
Ted Blom knows his stuff on Eskom. He’s taken a good, long look at PG’s recovery plan and believes it merely serves as a blueprint for meltdown.
Is this mission impossible, or can the problems at Eskom be fixed during the winter? Here’s how the power giants plan to banish load shedding for good.
We’ve got our load shedding forecast for the winter, and the news is better from Eskom. Pravin Gordhan broke it down for us on Wednesday.
Best news we’ve heard about Eskom in a while.
Our electricity prices looked pretty lovely until we were introduced to the spectre of load shedding more than a decade ago. Eskom have got us by the bulbs, here.
Unfortunately for South Africans, the ever-rising cost of living, exemplified by recent electricity tariff increases, is no April Fools gag.
It would appear that the Presidency, after reviewing the investigative report in 2017, decided to keep the information a state secret.
So, remember load shedding? That was fun. See how South Africans react when Eskom asked us to switch the lights off for Earth Hour.
The Democratic Alliance and its members are taking to the streets in protest against Eskom to #KeepTheLightsOn.
The usage of alternative energy strategies can minimise the impact of load shedding or grid outages and they can also assist households to save money.
The power utility faces a R420 billion debt burden.
Eskom’s management and financial problems, and load shedding, won’t necessarily go away simply by splitting it into three components.
A new short film dubbed ‘Eskomplicated’ shows what South Africans get up to before load shedding strikes again.