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Minister Ramokgopa warns SA rotational power cuts are here to stay in medium term
Minister of Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has warned that the country will continue experiencing rotational power cuts in the medium term…
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Eskom implements Stage 1 and 2 load shedding
Power utility Eskom has announced that Stage 1 and Stage 2 load shedding will be implemented from Tuesday afternoon until…
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Presidency approves MOU outlining Electricity Minister’s duties
Ten months since the country’s first electricity minister was appointed, the Presidency has now approved a memorandum of understanding outlining…
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Herman Mashaba: Eskom wasting taxpayer cash by appealing load shedding exemption ruling
Action SA has expressed its disappointment at Eskom’s decision to appeal a High Court judgement exempting schools, hospitals, and police…
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Lights should stay on over festive season – Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
We will have a festive season with the lights on,” Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said on Thursday. The country has…
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Ramokgopa: Consistent generating unit maintenance key to averting power cuts
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said the country had not had load shedding due to Eskom ramping up the maintenance of…
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SA going ahead with increasing nuclear power capacity: Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says nuclear power is the cheapest and most reliable energy mix that the country can…
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Chris Yelland: China’s generator donation to SA a sign of our own failure
Energy expert Chris Yelland has weighed in on the donation of hundreds of generators to South Africa from China, saying…
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Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa confident intensity of rolling blackouts will reduce
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says he is confident that once the emergency reserves are stabilised, the intensity of load shedding…
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Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa confident of lower levels of load shedding by the weekend
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says he is confident that once emergency reserves are stabilised, the intensity of load shedding will…
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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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Minister Ramokgopa apologises to SA for stage 6 load shedding
Minister of Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has apologized to the nation for Eskom’s implementation of stage 6 load shedding, an event…
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Ramokgopa: Eskom interventions to ensure energy buffer for December
Minister of Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said that Eskom would initiate two interventions to ensure that there was an energy buffer…
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Load shedding to continue throughout festive season: Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says load shedding will continue throughout the festive season as Eskom struggles to improve generating capacity.…
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Lethabo no longer best performing power station
Lethabo Power Station was the best-performing coal power station just a few months ago. But it has since lost its…
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Eskom’s transmission financing project at advanced stage: Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
The Electricity Minister, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, says the transmission financing project is at an advanced stage and will be presented in…
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Ramokgopa: 5 Eskom generating units expected to return to service
South Africans will need to wait until Sunday night for a reprieve on load shedding, as five generating units are…
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Minister Ramokgopa says no one currently at Eskom to blame, load shedding started in 1997
The Minister of Electricity, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, said no one currently managing Eskom should be blamed for load shedding and that…
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Eskom increases load shedding after generation unit delays
Eskom has implemented stage 2 load shedding from 5 am to 4 pm on Wednesday. Spokesperson Daphne Mokwena said the…
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SA has turned corner with power cuts, but not out of the woods yet – says Ramokgopa
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said the country has turned the corner with power cuts, but it’s not out of the…
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Study reveals South Africa risks 15 000 deaths by 2050 if green transition delayed
More than 15,000 people could die by 2050 from air pollution-related conditions if coal-dependent South Africa delays decommissioning its power…
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Lower load shedding stages not related to elections: Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
Minister of Electricity Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has denied accusations that government is moving swiftly to resolve load shedding as a…
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Opposition MPs pour cold water on Minister Ramokgopa’s promise of ending load-shedding
Opposition parties have received Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa’s promise of the imminent reduction of load shedding with scepticism. They said…
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Load shedding: Weekend reprieve as Eskom suspends rolling blackouts until Monday afternoon
Eskom has given South Africans some reprieve from load shedding going into the weekend. The power utility announced that the…
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Energy expert warns Kusile unit return a temporary fix
An energy expert has warned Kusile units returning to service won’t be the silver bullet that solves SA’s power woes.…
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Kusile’s unit 1 returns to service, 4 other units set to return by year’s end
As the country continues to face an energy crisis, there is some good news – Eskom says it’s making significant…
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Rolling blackouts will be reduced by December: Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says rolling blackouts will be reduced this December. Ramokgopa says generation capacity is expected to exceed…
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Stage 2 load shedding back after weekend of no rolling power cuts
After a weekend of no load shedding, stage 2 power cuts will return on Monday. “Due to the return to…
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Ramokgopa: We are turning the corner in generation capacity
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said South Africa is beginning to turn the corner in available generation capacity. Speaking at his…
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Minister Ramokgopa: SA needs more than R100 billion to expand national grid
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said that South Africa’s main priority is to ensure that the national grid is expanded with…
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Minister Ramokgopa wants to ensure the expansion of national grid treated with urgency
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said his priority now was to ensure the expansion of the national grid was treated with…
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Ramokgopa: Eskom not sitting with a money problem, has enough for diesel
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said Eskom has the funds for diesel and is not sitting with a “money problem”. Ramokgopa…
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Ramokgopa: Slight improvement in power grid after Kusile generating unit returns
Minister of Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa reported a slight grid improvement following a week of severe bouts of load shedding. The…
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Ramokgopa: Warmer temperatures causing partial losses at some power stations
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says the warmer temperatures are making it difficult for some generating units to perform optimally. Ramokgopa…
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Herman Mashaba: Claims about ending load shedding is a political game
ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba says they have plans in place to ensure that rolling blackouts become a thing of the…
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3 Kusile units offline until November
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa paid another visit to the Kusile power station in eMalahleni. He is optimistic that the three…
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Three Kusile units offline until November
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa paid another visit to the Kusile power station in eMalahleni. He is optimistic that the three…
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Stage 3 and 4 load shedding to continue throughout the week
Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says Eskom will place the country on load shedding between stages 3 and 4 for…
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Ramokgopa: High load shedding levels are intentional to replenish reserves
Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa on Saturday said higher levels of load shedding the past few days were planned to replenish…
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Government plans to work with municipalities to help pay off Eskom debt, says Ramokgopa
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says the government is planning on establishing ways to work with municipalities that owe Eskom to…
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Load shedding to continue into Spring and Summer
Spring and summer brings with it lower electricity demand. But don’t expect your supply to increase. Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa…
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Ramokgopa: Intensity of load shedding coming down
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said the intensity of load shedding is coming down. Ramokgopa was providing an update on the…
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Eskom: Load shedding to continue at stage 3
Stage 3 load shedding will continue to be implemented from 4 pm until 5 am, Eskom announced on Friday ahead…
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Ramokgopa: South Africa to add 14,000km of transmission lines over next 10 years
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says South Africa plans to add 14,000 kilometres of power lines over the next decade. Ramokgopa…
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Eskom’s municipality debt crisis of over R63 billion continues
Spiraling debt by South African municipalities continues to cripple Eskom’s distribution capacity and suffocate any attempts to address distribution challenges,…
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Lack of maintenance has led to under-performance at some power plants, says Ramokgopa
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said that the historical abandonment of maintenance on electrical infrastructure has resulted in the underperformance of…
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Eskom plans to ramp up planned outages for maintance: Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
Eskom plans to ramp up planned outages for maintenance, as the cold winter months come to an end, and power…
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Minister Ramokgopa to intervene at Eskom’s worst performing power station
Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa will be intervening to resuscitate “Eskom’s worst performing power station”, which has contributed to the…
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Electricity Minister Ramokgopa: 400MW coming from Mozambique
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says 400 megawatts received from neighboring countries will contribute to bolstering South Africa’s transmission lines. This…
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Electricity Minister Ramokgopa says government buildings biggest load-shedding culprit
On Sunday, Minister of Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa updated the public on the implementation of the Energy Action Plan (EAP). The…
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