Eskom

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 …

KEY POINTS The Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute, SAFCEI, has intensified its criticism of Eskom’s plan to extend the operating life of Unit 2 at the Koeberg Nuclear Power …

KEY POINTS The long-running tension between Eskom, South Africa’s state-owned power utility, and Nersa, the National Energy Regulator, has escalated after the civil rights group AfriForum succeeded in temporarily halting …

KEY POINTS South Africa’s state power utility Eskom has appointed long-serving executive Monde Bala as the chief executive of its transmission subsidiary, the National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA), cementing …