Eskom’s long-standing struggle with corruption has once again come under the spotlight as the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) uncovered a scheme involving employees manipulating procurement ...

Power utility Eskom has doubled down on its intentions to come after households with grid-tied rooftop solar in South Africa, saying they have until March 2026 to qualify for exemption from high ...

Four municipalities in the Free State face disconnection by Eskom over a combined R4.9 billion debt. The Nala, Moqhaka, Masilonyana and Ngwathe local municipalities were notified on Thursday that ...

Eskom’s reliance on load reduction as a cover for load-shedding, instead of fixing overloaded substations and incentivising alternative energy solutions, is prolonging South Africa’s power ...

Eskom said five of its coal-fired generation units have been successfully repaired. Its reserves have been returned to service, allowing it to suspend load shedding. The parastatal announced on ...

Power utility Eskom still has the same internal control deficiencies which have resulted in negative audit outcomes for the past five years, the office of the auditor general told parliament’s ...

CAPE TOWN - The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) says Eskom deliberately created urgency when it awarded Fidelity Security Services a R500 million contract in 2022 to protect power stations. The ...

Eskom has burned through a massive amount of diesel in order to avoid load shedding in the past year. Recently, the state power utility surpassed more than 300 days without load shedding sponsored ...

Eskom announced it has reached a milestone: It has kept load shedding at bay for 300 days. This milestone was last reached in June 2018. The power utility said this milestone is the outcome of its ...

Eskom has warned of a high risk of stage 4 load-shedding at short notice. The state-owned power utility has been load-shedding-free for more than ten months, which it attributes to the success of ...

Eskom group executive for generation Bheki Nxumalo says the utility is focussed on ensuring that South Africa achieves a full year without loadshedding at midnight on March 26, after the 300-day ...

Picture: AFP CAPE TOWN - Eskom has its sights set on going a full year without load shedding. It's managed to keep the lights on for 300 consecutive days, a milestone last reached in June 2018.