Eskom

KEY POINTS Eskom has warned South Africans to brace for further electricity price increases, saying that long-standing discounts given to big industrial users are shifting the burden of rising costs …

KEY POINTS A robot designed to inspect South Africa’s powerlines has earned Eskom international recognition, after being patented in both South Africa and the United States. The Powerline Inspection Robot, …

KEY POINTS Eskom Holdings SOC Limited has announced a sweeping reconstitution of its Board of Directors, unveiling seven new appointments effective 1 December 2025, in what officials describe as a …

KEY POINTS Eskom has begun installing smart meters across KwaZulu-Natal as part of a nationwide drive to overhaul South Africa’s ageing electricity infrastructure and address persistent load reduction.  The initiative …

KEY POINTS The South African state-owned utility Eskom has announced a streamlined process for homeowners and small businesses to register their small-scale embedded generation (SSEG) systems, such as rooftop solar …

KEY POINTS South Africa’s power utility, Eskom, has reached an extraordinary milestone, 161 consecutive days without loadshedding as of 23 October 2025, signalling the country’s longest uninterrupted power stretch in …

KEY POINTS South Africa’s state power utility, Eskom, has announced new measures to simplify and reduce the cost of connecting household and small business solar systems to the national grid, …

KEY POINTS South Africa’s Cabinet has approved a new board for Eskom Holdings, the state-owned power utility at the heart of the country’s energy recovery plan, while retaining Mteto Nyati …

KEY POINTS South Africa’s state-owned power utility, Eskom, is planning to cut electricity tariffs after returning to profitability for the first time in eight years, a turnaround that its chairman, …

KEY POINTS Eskom has officially kicked off its long-awaited smart meter installation drive in KwaZulu-Natal, marking the start of a sweeping plan to modernise South Africa’s electricity network and tackle …