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No load shedding for New Year’s
The lights will stay on this New Year’s Eve and into 2024, after Eskom announced the continued suspension of load…
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Bright Christmas as load shedding remains suspended
Lights will stay on this Christmas, with Eskom announcing that load shedding will remain suspended for yet another week. The…
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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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Load shedding suspended until Friday
Load shedding will remain suspended until four pm on Friday this week due to consistent improvement in available generating capacity.…
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Eskom suspends power cuts until further notice
As the county heads into a long weekend, Eskom has suspended load shedding indefinitely. The utility said that this was…
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State mulls mental evaluation for Amanzimtoti husband accused of killing his pastor wife
Werner de Jager will spend Christmas in jail and apply for bail in the new year. De Jager, 45, appeared…
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Eskom: Load shedding to drop to Stage 2 on Saturday, suspended on Sunday
Some good news for the upcoming weekend. Eskom announced that load shedding will drop to Stage 2 on Saturday morning,…
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Chief Justice Zondo: Load shedding very disruptive to operations of the court
Though load shedding has a detrimental effect on the operational efficiency of the judiciary, there’s little that the country’s head…
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Eskom implements stage 2 load shedding
Power utility Eskom on Tuesday, announced it has implemented Stage 2 load shedding. Eskom spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena said the power…
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Cyril Ramaphosa vows to follow through with load shedding exemption court ruling
President Cyril Ramaphosa has vowed that steps will be taken to ensure hospitals, schools and police stations are cushioned from…
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No power cuts during the day on Sunday
Eskom has on Friday moved to reduce load shedding to Stage 2 citing “sustained improvement of the generation capacity”. From…
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City Power plans to exclude critical government infrastructure from load shedding
Johannesburg City Power said it is planning on excluding hospitals, water pumping stations, and other critical government infrastructure from load…
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Eskom to reduce power cuts to Stage 4 from 8pm
Hours after it announced the country will be dabbling between stages of load shedding, Eskom has announced Stage 4 load…
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City Power wants to exempt Rand Water facilities from load shedding
In an effort to address water challenges in Gauteng, Johannesburg City Power wants to exempt Rand Water facilities from load…
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Eskom to implement stage 6 load shedding during evenings until Saturday
Eskom has announced that load shedding will once again be pushed up to stage 6, making it the second time…
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Energy expert claims Eskom technically has gone to stage 8 a few times
Energy expert Matthew Cruise says whether Eskom wants to admit it or not, South Africa hit stage 8 load shedding…
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Electricity Minister Ramokgopa refutes Stage 8 load shedding claims
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said despite some areas experiencing intense load shedding over the last week, the country did not…
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Eskom reduces load shedding to stage 4
Eskom has announced that load shedding will be reduced to stage 4 from Sunday afternoon. The country was thrust into…
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Eskom blames heatwave for Stage 6 load shedding
This week’s heatwave in five provinces, including Gauteng, has been named as one of the reasons South Africa was suddenly…
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Black Friday deal: Eskom gifts SA with stage 6 load shedding
For Black Friday, power utility Eskom has given the nation 50% of our electricity supply off, with some areas set…
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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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Another fix for Joburg load shedding timetable
City Power Johannesburg says it has now revised its load-shedding schedule, which has become a source of public outcry in…
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Eskom announces Stage 4 load shedding
South Africans are waking up to the bad news that Eskom will be implementing Stage 4 load shedding. In a…
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Eskom: Load shedding to alternate between Stages 2 and 3
Eskom ramped up load shedding to Stage 2 from Tuesday morning until the afternoon, before Stage 3 power cuts kicks…
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Minister Ramokgopa commends Eskom for averting stage 8 load shedding
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has commended Eskom for managing to avert the “worst-case scenario” of stage eight load shedding. On…
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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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12-year-old Wesbank girl shot dead after gunmen allegedly opened fire during load shedding
A 12-year-old girl from Wesbank has died after gunmen allegedly opened fire on a group of children during load shedding…
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New Joburg City Power load shedding schedule gets off to rocky start
City Power has taken over the load-shedding implementation in Johannesburg, but there have been some teething problems that have caused…
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Qualified people must be deployed to resolve load shedding: Mzwanele Nyhontso
Pan Africanist Congress president, Mzwanele Nyhontso says South Africa must tap into its natural resources and deploy qualified people to…
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Eskom suspends daytime load shedding from Monday
Due to improved generating capacity and sufficient emergency reserves for the week ahead, Eskom announced that daytime load shedding will…
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Load shedding lowered to Stage 1 until Saturday afternoon
Eskom reduced load shedding to Stage 1 on Saturday morning. Stage 2 will then be implemented from 4pm on Saturday…
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No load shedding during the Rugby World Cup final
Eskom has announced day-time load shedding will continue to be suspended until the weekend. This is good news for South…
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Municipalities spend more than R1.6 billion to repair or replace stolen & vandalized electricity network
South African municipalities have forked out just over R1.6 billion to replace or repair electricity infrastructure that was damaged, vandalized,…
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Eskom extends suspension of load shedding
Good news on the power front. Eskom has extended its suspension of load shedding due to the improvement in generation…
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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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Edward Kieswetter estimates load shedding cost economy about R150 billion
As the country continues to battle load shedding, South African Revenue Service (Sars) commissioner Edward Kieswetter has estimated 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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Contralesa wants schools exempted from load shedding during exams
The Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) has issued a fervent plea to the South African government and…
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Load shedding: Generation capacity improvement sees power cuts kick in at 4pm
Load shedding has been suspended from five o’clock on Saturday morning until the afternoon before stage two of the rolling…
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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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A look at Eskom’s game plan to keep the lights on during the holidays
Eskom will be maximising the benefits of a recently granted sulphur dioxide emission exemption by reviving four units at Kusile…
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Eskom suspends load shedding between 5am & 4pm this weekend
South Africans can breathe a sigh of relief as power utility Eskom announced the suspension of load shedding from 5…
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Eskom hints at keeping the lights on for longer in summer
Eskom has hinted that while there will be load shedding in the warmer months, residents can look forward to lower…
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Eskom: Stage 3 load shedding to continue, but some units expected to return online
Eskom has announced stage 3 load shedding will continue to be implemented until Tuesday morning. In a brief statement, the…
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Load shedding: Eskom implements Stage 3 until further notice
Stage 3 load shedding has been implemented until further notice, according to Eskom, following the failure of three generating units…
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Eskom suspends load shedding for the long weekend
Power utility Eskom has announced on Friday it will be suspending load shedding over the long weekend. This is due…
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Eskom suspends power cuts for 7 hours
Hamstrung power utility Eskom has moved to suspend load shedding from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Tuesday. Thereafter, Eskom…
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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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Load shedding: Eskom urges SA to reduce usage to avoid higher stages
As a cold front begins to sweep in over several parts of the country, South African households, and businesses have…
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