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Minister Ramokgopa defends load shedding as Eskom struggles with setbacks
Minister Ramokgopa defends load shedding as Eskom struggles with setbacks! South Africans are once again facing a weekend of rolling…
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Eskom warns of possible load shedding after 10 months of stable power
As South Africans prepare to wrap up the first month of 2025, Eskom has issued a warning about a high…
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Load shedding remains suspended until further notice
An unusual occurrence, but a rather welcomed one. Over three weeks and counting without rolling blackouts. And it’s going to…
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South Africa celebrates 21 days without load shedding as it remains suspended
South Africa has reached a milestone of 21 consecutive days and, as of midday on Wednesday, 535 hours without rolling…
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Eskom suspends load shedding through Easter weekend until Sunday afternoon
The Easter long weekend is going to start on a positive note, as load shedding will remain suspended until Sunday…
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Eskom & Minister caught off guard by demand spike
Eskom has implemented Stage 6 blackouts until Monday. The Electricity Minister and the utility says they were caught off guard…
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City Power to oversee load shedding after ditching Eskom
As rolling blackouts persist with no respite in sight, the City of Joburg is trying to mitigate the impact on…
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Eskom announces Stage 2 and 4 load shedding for the week
Eskom will be tick-tocking between Stage 2 and Stage 4 blackouts this week. We are currently on Stage 2 and…
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Eskom to implement power cuts directly in Ekurhuleni
Eskom has decided to directly implement rolling blackouts in the City of Ekurhuleni. The utility says the metro has not…
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Eskom increases load shedding
Eskom has announced increased load shedding with stage 3 having kicked in at 4 pm on Thursday and suspended at…
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Eskom downgrades load shedding to stage 2
Eskom has announced that it will implement stage 2 load shedding from 4 pm on Sunday until 5 am on…
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Rolling load shedding downgraded to Stage 2
Rolling blackouts have been lowered to stage 2 from 4 pm on Sunday afternoon until 5 am on Monday. Then…
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Electricity Minister: It does not look possible to end load shedding this year
ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula told the nation that rolling blackouts could be history by the end of the year.…
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Blackouts will be over by end of 2023 – Fikile Mbalula
Power cuts will be over by the end of this year. That is, after all, yet another promise made to…
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Stage 3 power cuts until further notice
Blackouts have been downgraded to Stage 3 until further notice. Eskom says power cuts were suspended just after midnight until…
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Load shedding increased to Stage 5
Dark times ahead this evening as power utility Eskom implements Stage 5 rolling blackouts. Failure of five generating units at…
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Eskom to implement Stage 6 load shedding from 4pm
Eskom has announced that it will implement Stage 6 blackouts from 4pm on Monday until 5am on Tuesday. That is…
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Ramaphosa: No territorial battles between ministers
President Cyril Ramaphosa dispelled media reports of territorial battles between the ministers tasked with managing the energy crisis on Saturday.…
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Load shedding stages to be lowered
Eskom’s crippling stage six rolling blackouts will continue until 5 AM on Saturday. Then a slight reprieve from ongoing stage…
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Delays in restoring power
Rolling blackouts are affecting infrastructure and causing delays in the restoration of power after planned outages. City Power says it’s…
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Businesses struggle with safety during blackouts
While businesses have put measures in place to deal with power cuts safety during blackouts is still a major concern.…
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Stage 2 blackouts underway
After a brief reprieve, Eskom has implemented Stage 2 blackouts until 4 pm Monday afternoon. Thereafter, Stage 3 power cuts…
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Eskom implements Stage 1 load shedding
Power cuts are continuing from Sunday afternoon. Eskom has implemented stage 1 blackouts until 5 am on Monday. Thereafter stage…
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Electricity Minister Ramokgopa tours troubled Tutuka
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa is confident there is a solution to bringing an end to rolling blackouts. Ramokgopa is touring…
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Electricity Minister Ramokgopa confident blackouts will end
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says he’s confident that South Africa won’t experience higher stages of blackouts. The minister is on…
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Load shedding suspended until 4pm
South Africans are waking up on Sunday morning to no rolling blackouts for the first time in a long while.…
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Stage 2 load shedding until further notice
Eskom has implemented Stage 2 rolling blackouts until further notice. The utility says six coal-fired power stations have been performing…
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Stage 5 load shedding to be implemented from 4pm
Stage 5 power cuts will be implemented from 4 pm Monday afternoon until 5 am Tuesday morning. Thereafter Stage 4…
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Eskom to ease load shedding over next few days
Eskom says that they will be implementing stage 4 and 5 blackouts on Monday. On Tuesday and Wednesday, there will…
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Eskom implements Stage 4 load shedding
Eskom has implemented Stage 4 blackouts indefinitely. The power utility said it will publish a full statement in due course.…
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Law enforcement officers clean up Joburg CBD
There’s nothing worst than being stuck in traffic. Blackouts make the journey even more frustrating. Sadly, Johannesburg Metro police say…
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Eskom confirms stage 6 load shedding to continue until Wednesday evening
Stage 6 rolling blackouts are set to continue across South Africa until Wednesday evening, according to outgoing Eskom chief executive…
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Govt seeking solutions to shield courts from rolling blackouts: Minister Ronald Lamola
Justice Minister, Ronald Lamola says they are looking at ways to shield the country’s courts from rolling blackouts. He was…
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Load shedding: 3 000MW to be added to grid by March
A total of 3,000 megawatts of electricity will be added to the grid by March. That is according to outgoing…
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25 arrested for theft and sabotage at Eskom
At least 25 people have been arrested in connection with sabotage, theft, and fraud at Eskom. Crimes against the national…
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Eskom plans to switch between Stage 2 & 3 load shedding over next 2 years
Eskom plans to move between Stage 2 and Stage 3 blackouts over the next two years. That’s according to chairperson…
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Load shedding: President’s Coordinating Council meeting to discuss electricity crisis
In the midst of South Africa’s ongoing electricity crisis, the President’s Coordinating Council is behind closed doors to find a…
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Blackouts affecting Cape Town water supply, residents urged to use water sparingly
Capetonians are being urged to use water sparingly as rolling power cuts impact the water supply. Speaking to CapeTalk, acting…
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Rising crime blamed on load shedding
Rolling blackouts are creating a climate of fear in some KZN communities. Mayville residents, west of Durban, say crime levels…
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DA calls for protests over blackouts
The Democratic Alliance is planning a march to the ANC’s headquarters at Luthuli House against South Africa’s worsening electricity crisis.…
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Concerns around power cuts worsening
The ongoing blackouts will get worse unless there’s a credible intervention. That’s the view of energy analyst Ruse Moleshe. Eskom…
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Eskom escalates load shedding to Stage 3
Eskom has announced a return to Stage 3 rolling blackouts. This will be implemented from 4 pm on Wednesday until…
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Eskom announces load-shedding changes for the week ahead
Eskom has announced that load shedding will be suspended at midnight on Sunday. The rolling power blackouts will then resume…
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Load shedding reduced to stage 2
Eskom says it’s going to maintain stage 2 blackouts until further notice. There will be no stage 3 blackouts during…
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Eskom warns of possible festive season blackouts
Eskom COO Jan Oberholzer had further bad news for South Africans on Tuesday, warning of blackouts throughout the festive season.…
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Load shedding to continue this week
South Africans enjoyed a slight reprieve from blackouts but from Monday the country will be back in the dark. Eskom…
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Eskom suspends load shedding for Sunday
Eskom has suspended blackouts for Sunday. The embattled power utility has been implementing various stages of rolling blackouts for the…
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Eskom extends load shedding
Beleaguered power utility Eskom has extended rolling blackouts until Monday. Stage 1 power cuts will be implemented during the day…
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Stage 1 and 2 load shedding on the cards for the week
Rolling blackouts won’t be avoided this week. Eskom says a delay in the return of generating units at three different…
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Eskom announces stage 2 blackouts from Monday
Eskom will implement stage 2 blackouts from 5 AM from Monday. Staying on blackouts, new research from the Council for…
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