The state-owned enterprise, Eskom, has downgraded stage level for load-shedding to stage 1. This is the case at the time of writing but there still remains the strong possibility that the stage level will be upgraded to stage two, and this could even be a possibility today and definitely going into the weekend. This despite Eskom CEO, Jabu Mabuza saying that load-shedding should cease by this weekend. The current load-shedding implementation has been blamed on boiler leaks a

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Residents of the Newcastle municipality can breath easy, at least for now. The Pietermartizberg High Court yesterday ruled against Eskom's decision to shut down the electricity supply to the municipality. This due to Newcastle owing Eskom R200m in accumulated debt, which spans a two year period. In delivering his final decision on the matter, Judge Piet Bezuidenhout mentioned that the small town relies on the municipality to power their households and business in the area. I

Gwede Mantashe, minister of mineral resources and energy has let the cat out the bag at a round table recently. He says that the South African government is looking at nuclear energy solutions in the long-term energy strategy. Under former state president Jacob Zuma's administration, the then minister of energy tried to push through a nuclear energy deal with Russian energy company, Rostom, which, had it succeeded, would have effectively bankrupted the country's coffers. Ci

The aim of The National Braai Day initiative is to position National Heritage Day as South Africa’s annual day of celebration. The call is on all South Africans to unite around fires, to share our heritage and wave the flag on 24 September every year. The South African government has set this day aside for all South Africans to celebrate our rich heritage. Across all races, languages, region and religion, there is one common heritage we all love and share. It goes by various

It has recently been announced by NERSA, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa, that the tariff price of electricity will be increased over the next three years. Thankfully for all consumers, it's a shadow of the original requests made by public energy utility company Eskom. These requests were for 17.1%, 15.4% and 15.5% respectively, and although these are basically extortionate, the current approved tariff hikes are still a concern for businesses and consumers all a

Earlier this year, former Eskom CEO, Phakamani Hadebe stepped down as CEO citing extremely difficult and unimaginable demands of the task and demands of the job. Eskom has then started advertising for the role of CEO at the end of July. The struggling power utility has had 10 CEO's in as many years. The job ad advised that the new incumbent would oversee Eskom's turnaround strategy, which includes restructuring of the power utility into three entities. Experts in the field

Everywhere, across the globe one can begin to see the effects of climate change, specifically with regards to weather patterns. Globally, the meat and diary industry are reeling in the wake of climate change as well, despite these sectors contributing and accounting for about 13% to 18% of global greenhouse gas emissions. This is mainly caused by humans due to deforestation and the emissions linked to raising animals. So how exactly are these sectors affected by climate chan

The African Power and Energy Elite  publication and the African Power, Energy & Water Industry Awards have combined for their 2020 editions with a single nomination and selection process across a set of complementary categories. The coveted African Power, Energy & Water Industry awards has been taken place for the past six years, during the African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa conference and exhibition, in Cape Town. The prestigious African Power & Energy Elites Publicat

During the Afriforesight Future of Coals and Bulk Commodities Conference, Eskom board member  Nelisiwe Magubane made a very odd and somewhat surprising admission in front of an audience listening in on the thoughts of various leaders on the future of energy in our country. At this sit in, she made the remark that economic growth, would put South Africa on "the brink of load-shedding". She does go on to explain why a positive economic outlook would have a negative impact on E

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) is investigating the City of Cape Town’s electricity tariff increase and its tariff structure. This was confirmed by Nersa spokesperson, Charles Hlebela following an outcry from residents and numerous complaints. “Nersa received numerous complaints regarding the City of Cape Town’s electricity tariffs and is looking into the matter”, Charles Hlebela confirmed. The investigation was widely welcomed, specifically from civic

According to the latest statistics released by the municipality, the dams in and around Cape Town has reached 80.6% capacity. Meanwhile, collective water consumption is also inching up in Cape Town, with an increase of 20 megalitres (Ml) per day from 588Ml to 608Ml. This year, some really good rainfall driven by a few strong cold frontal systems has significantly increased the levels of our dams. As a result, the current levels are sitting pretty, as can be seen by the foll

This morning, the city of Johannesburg was hit with a computer virus which resulted in a blackout to its internet technology system. This blackout resulted in scores of prepaid electricity users being left in the dark, as they struggle to make prepaid electricity purchases. City Power spokesperson, Isac Mangena, said the virus had attacked its database and other internal software, impacting on most of it's applications as well as their network systems. The computer virus th

The financial crisis Eskom is enduring has become a national debt problem. On Tuesday, 23rd of July, minister of finance, Tito Mboweni has unveiled a second, multi-billion rand bailout plan in five months, which would see the government increase borrowing as well as taxes. Tito Mboweni, tabled a special appropriation bill for Eskom which would see them benefit from an additional R59bn cash injection. This bill provides for an additional amount of funds to be made available t

On Saturday, 20th of July an upgrade of the infrastructure to Hout Bay harbour and surrounding areas has been planned. This outage is considered crucial in a bid to improve the reliability and security of the electricity supply in this area. The upgrade is expected to cause disruption between the hours of 6:00 to 18:00. In a press release, the City's Mayoral Committee Member for Energy and Climate Change, Councillor Phindile Maxiti had the following to say about this inte

Acting Chief Executive Officer of Zimbabwe's power utility, ZESA, yesterday confirmed that they require at least US$14m a month to meet its 600MW power deficit. Zimbabwe has had to start implementing rotational load shedding in May, due to a combination of low water levels at Kariba Dam's hydroelectric power plant, generation constraints at ageing power stations and limited foreign imports. According to authorities in Zimbabwe, the country should have had power cuts long b

Last night, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has delivered his state of the nation address at parliament which has received mixed reactions across the board. This year's SONA was President Cyril Ramaphosa's second.   State-owned enterprises, access to higher education, women abuse, unemployment and the revival of the economy were among the key issues that were raised during the SONA speech. The SONA proceeded quite peacefully throughout it's duration, with no disru

In this article, we now focus on our residents who currently reside in City of Tshwane, who will also, like everyone else be largely affected by the tariff hikes on the 1st of July. The increases will see the residents of Tshwane cough up a bit more in payment of their utility bills. Rate payers will have to pay an extra 8% on their water bills while electricity is expected to be increased by 12% This comes after newly sworn in mayor, Stevens Mokgalapa made mention and discu

Nersa has recently accepted a proposal from Eskom for the increase in tariffs, which would take effect on the first of July, 2019. In this article we focus in on residents in the eThekwini municipality and how this affects them. We will have a look at what exactly will be increased and by how much. In a poll that was conducted recently by the Daily News, a whopping ninety-four percent of people indicated that they cannot afford the eThekwini Municipailty's proposed tariff inc

Eskom chief executive officer Phakamani Hadebe has tendered his resignation and will be leaving the debt-laden power utility at the end of July, deepening a crisis that many has described as the biggest present day threat to the economy. "It is no secret that this role comes with unimaginable demands which have unfortunately had a negative impact on my health," the outgoing CEO said in his statement. At the end of March, Eskom’s debt stood at R440bn and it isn’t selling e