The power utility’s ecent failure at Kriel Power Station raises questions about its awareness of fire risks highlighted in ...

A fire has damaged unit 6 at Eskom’s ageing Kriel power station in Mpumalanga. The incident was caused by a burst oil pipe.

The blaze that has put one unit at Kriel Power Station in Mpumalanga out of commission for the foreseeable future has reignited the fierce debate about the age of Eskom’s coal-fired fleet and ...

“We have not seen evidence of mafias as a board,” says Eskom chair Mteto Nyati, speaking to Ann Bernstein, executive director of the Centre for Development and Enterprise at a media presentation on ...

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“But it looks like a pretty serious explosion and fire at Kriel power station yesterday late afternoon.” Officially, Eskom says that the fire was caused after “an oil pipe head ...

The fire at Kriel Power Station. Video screenshots: @FaizelPatel143/X Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokwena says that last night’s fire at the Kriel Power Station will not result in load-shedding ...

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An reworked version of South Africa's long-term power plan will soon be presented to cabinet, designed to help draw a line ...

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The cold corridors of South Africa's once-mighty Komati coal-fired power plant have been quiet since its shutdown in 2022 in ...