KEY POINTS Residents of Cosmo City, northwest of Johannesburg, have endured more than six weeks without electricity after an Eskom transformer went up in flames. The power utility has now …
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KEY POINTS South Africa’s energy regulator admitted to Parliament this week that it made a multi-billion-rand blunder in calculating Eskom’s allowable revenue, a mistake that could saddle households and businesses …
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KEY POINTS South Africa’s state-owned power utility, Eskom, has unveiled its first fleet of electric vehicles, marking a symbolic step in its transition from one of the continent’s biggest polluters …
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KEY POINTS South Africa’s embattled power utility Eskom has issued a stern warning to customers tampering with electricity meters is a crime, and offenders face steep fines or criminal charges. …
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KEY POINTS The conviction of a supplier implicated in a corruption scheme at the Tutuka power station, a facility long beset by graft and poor management that have exacerbated the …
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Eskom Wins $3.1 Billion Tariff Dispute, Clearing Path for Steeper Power Price Hikes
KEY POINTS Following a multibillion-rand settlement with the country’s energy watchdog, South Africa’s troubled power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. has obtained regulatory approval to raise electricity tariffs by more …
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Energy Transition
Outa Urges South Africans to Hold Off on Solar Registration as Eskom Faces Compliance Questions
KEY POINTS After the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) recommended that businesses and households postpone registering their solar systems until Eskom clarifies what the watchdog referred to as “irrational and …
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Energy TransitionIn the News
Cape Town’s Khayelitsha Shack Dwellers Clash With Eskom Over Power Cuts
KEY POINTS After Eskom and law enforcement officials removed dozens of illegal electricity connections that had been powering hundreds of informal homes, residents of Khayelitsha, Cape Town‘s New Monwabisi Park …
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KEY POINTS South Africa’s heavily indebted Emfuleni Municipality is pressing the National Treasury to cancel another portion of its ballooning electricity arrears owed to Eskom, less than a year after …
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Energy TransitionIn the News
South African Corporates Pour Cash Into Renewables as Eskom Battles to Keep Grip
KEY POINTS Even as Eskom enhances performance and lessens load-shedding, the biggest corporations in South Africa are increasing their investments in renewable energy projects and shifting billions of dollars to …