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 ...

The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) has raised concerns about Eskom’s exorbitant electricity tariff increases, saying that ordinary South Africans cannot afford it. On Tuesday ...

The media company Lee Enterprises said a “cybersecurity event” had created havoc at dozens of its newspapers, prompting some to publish shorter editions or not print at all. By Amanda Holpuch ...

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 has issued an alert of a high risk of loadshedding following over 10 months of uninterrupted power supply. In a statement released on January 31, Eskom stated that after more than 10 months of ...

Conflicts of interest among Eskom employees continue to be an issue plaguing the power utility, according to the Special Investigating Unit (SIU). On Wednesday, SIU officials briefed Parliament ...

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 ...

Eskom CEO Dan Marokane assures that the State-owned utility is applying the same effort to end years of governance and accountability failings, as it did to end loadshedding. This came amid the ...

JOHANNESBURG — State-owned enterprise Eskom has prevented loadshedding for 300 days as of 21 January 2025. It aims to keep the lights on for 365 days straight. South Africans, though ...

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 ...

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has rejected Eskom’s electricty price hike of 35% for 2025, only approving a 17,2% increase from 1 April. The decision was announced yesterday (30 ...