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Eskom and Jan Oberholzer part ways
Eskom’s Chief Operating Officer Jan Oberholzer and the utility have parted ways. In a statement released earlier, the power utility…
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Eskom ramps up power cuts to stage 4 and 3
Eskom has announced that stage 4 load shedding will continue to be implemented from 4 pm until 5 am while…
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Man arrested for threatening Eskom COO with bomb
A 27-year-old Mpumalanga man has been arrested for allegedly threatening Eskom COO Jan Oberholzer with a bomb. The power utility…
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Man arrested for bomb threats directed at Eskom COO
A 27-year-old man was arrested in connection with bomb threats directed to Eskom Group Chief Operating Officer, Jan Oberholzer. The…
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SA told to brace for load shedding for next 6 to 12 months
Load shedding will continue to be implemented over the next six to 12 months due to major capital projects and…
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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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Eskom’s Rhulani Mathebula resigns 6 months after being appointed
Acting generation executive Rhulani Mathebula has resigned from Eskom, six months after being appointed to the position. Mathebula replaced his…
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Eskom’s Jan Oberholzer: Brace yourself for more rolling blackouts
Brace yourself for more rolling blackouts. That’s the warning from Eskom Chief Operations Officer Jan Oberholzer. This is the power…
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Calls for Eskom board to fire CEO Andre de Ruyter
The Black Business Council is welcoming the new Eskom Board. It says it’s balanced and appropriately skilled. The council believes…
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Eskom COO Oberholzer: Load shedding likely to continue as maintenance not helping
Eskom Group Chief Operating Officer, Jan Oberholzer said sporadic load shedding is likely to be implemented during summer months. The…
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Eskom: 42 generation units tripped last week
Power utility Eskom said that 42 of its electricity generation units had tripped over the past week. The power company…
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Ramaphosa: Work underway to return Tutuka power station to top form
President Cyril Ramaphosa said work is underway to return the Tutuka power station to top form. Tutuka – which is…
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General Manager leaves Koeberg to join Canadian nuclear operation
Eskom’s Chief Nuclear Officer, Riedewaan Bakardien, is packing his bags after 27 years at the helm of Africa’s only nuclear…
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Load shedding could be intensified to Stage 8
Eskom COO Jan Oberholzer says there is a real possibility that rolling blackouts could be intensified to Stage 8. The…
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Eskom warns of stage 5 power cuts or higher
Eskom has warned that it could ramp up load shedding to stage five or higher due to a number of…
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Eskom granted court interdict against illegal wage strike
Eskom was on Friday granted a court interdict to stop what it regards as an illegal wage strike at nine…
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Threat of stage 4 load shedding this week
Eskom says it may be forced to increase stage three power cuts to stage four sometime this week. The power…
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Energy expert: Spending millions on diesel could affect Eskom’s liquidity
Energy expert Chris Yelland said the amount of money Eskom is spending on diesel to keep the lights on could…
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Eskom vows to do everything to ensure Sona not disrupted by power cuts
Eskom on Tuesday said that it would do everything in its power to ensure that there were blackouts for the…
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SA await Eskom’s update on load shedding
Eskom executives are expected to update South Africans on the status of the national electricity grid amid the latest round…
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Eskom COO apologises for power cuts
Eskom COO Jan Oberholzer has apologised to the nation for plunging it into darkness. He says the power utility will…
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Theft and vandalism hampering operations, says Eskom
Theft and vandalism on Eskom’s distribution network is becoming increasingly difficult to manage. That’s the word from the utility’s Chief…
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NUM members take to the streets to protest Eskom’s proposed privatization
Members of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) have marched on Eskom’s Megawatt Park headquarters in Johannesburg to protest the…
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EFF calls on President Ramaphosa to fire Pravin Gordhan & Eskom’s top management
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have added their voice to the growing calls for Eskom chief executive officer (CEO) André…
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Eskom warns of load shedding at short notice
Eskom on Tuesday morning warned that it may be forced to implement load shedding at short notice as the power…
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Extra 6 000 megawatts needed for Eskom to keep generating capacity to keep lights on
Eskom has laid out what it needs to keep the lights on and that is an need an additional 6,000…
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Eskom apologises to South Africa for rolling blackouts
Eskom’s annual ‘State of the System’ briefing has started with an apology to the nation. South Africa was again plunged…
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Eskom: No choice but to continue with power cuts
Eskom said that it had no choice but to continue with rolling blackouts because it could not compromise the maintenance…
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Eskom COO Jan Oberholzer cleared of wrongdoing
Eskom COO Jan Oberholzer has been cleared of all wrongdoing in a payment dispute with contractor Aveng. An investigation was…
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EFF wants Oberholzer suspended from Eskom, pending a disciplinary process
Oberholzer must be suspended, pending a disciplinary process, the party maintains, as he is a shareholder of Stefanuttie Stocks, a…
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Eskom COO Jan Oberholzer says false corruption claims affected his family
Eskom’s chief operating officer (COO) Jan Oberholzer on Thursday said the false allegations of corruption and mismanagement against him had…
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At least 15 months before risk of load shedding disappears, says Eskom COO
Eskom COO Jan Oberholzer said that despite making progress with maintenance during the lockdown, it would still take at least…
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Eskom COO Oberholzer cleared of corruption & other charges
The utility’s chief operating officer has previously been investigated, and previously cleared, too. In a statement on Wednesday, power utility…
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Eskom to receive final investigation report into corruption allegations against COO
Andre de Ruyter says they had already received a preliminary report of the investigation, while the executive has previously been…
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Eskom board to probe corruption & victimisation allegations against COO
The board said they received letters from Corruption Watch and Saftu, which articulated allegations of corruption and victimization against Jan…
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Eskom orders investigation into COO
A senior lawyer is to investigate allegations of “corruption and victimisation” levelled against the operations chief at Eskom, the struggling…
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Eskom board probes corruption claims against COO Jan Oberholzer
It’s understood Corruption Watch and Saftu received information from an Eskom employee that he was allegedly prejudiced after speaking out…
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Eskom COO Jan Oberholzer is under fire from Numsa
The National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) has launched an attack on the entire Eskom board, as well as…
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Reasons why Eskom is implementing Stage 6 load-shedding
Eskom says Stage 6 load-shedding was caused by a number of issues, including a faulty electrical cable supplying coal to…
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Stage 2 load-shedding continues
Its day five of rolling blackouts, with stage 2 load-shedding continuing on Monday. Eskom COO Jan Oberholzer says the recent…
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Eskom: No load shedding in winter
Eskom says it does not foresee any load shedding this winter – even though the demand for electricity may increase…
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Eskom’s Kusile Unit 3 back online
For the first time on Sunday Kusile Unit 3 produced power, according to an internal memo to Eskom staff. According…
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