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Joburg residents face indefinite power cuts as City Power struggles with repairs
Johannesburg residents have been warned that power cuts will continue indefinitely as City Power battles a massive R44 billion backlog…
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Eskom reduces load shedding from Stage 6 to Stage 4
Eskom has announced a reduction in load shedding from Stage 6 to Stage 4, effective just after midnight. This follows…
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Soshanguve residents warned to brace themselves for power cuts
Residents in Soshanguve have been warned to brace for power cuts this week as the City of Tshwane continues to…
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City Power claims it had no choice but to implement power cuts from Monday
City Power says it has been left with no choice but to implement load reduction to protect the grid from…
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Eskom says no load shedding this week
South Africans will enter another week of no power cuts, with Sunday marking the 18th consecutive day of uninterrupted power…
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Stage 2 load shedding expected on Sunday afternoon after suspension
Load shedding has been suspended until Sunday afternoon before Stage 2 power cuts kick in. Eskom said load shedding was…
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Eskom rejects sabotage claims as power cuts intensify
Eskom Head of Generation, Bheki Nxumalo has rejected the African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Fikile Mbalula’s allegation that sabotage is…
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Eskom eases power cuts to stage 1 as generation capacity increases
Eskom said that load shedding would be eased on Wednesday thanks to the return to service of two generating units…
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Eskom implements Stage 2 load shedding until further notice
Eskom has implemented Stage 2 power cuts until further notice. The power utility said this is due to a lower…
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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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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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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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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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Power cuts will continue as long as ANC remains in power: Busisiwe Mkhwebane
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Member of Parliament, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, says load shedding will not end as long as the ANC…
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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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Libya lights up after years of power cuts
It’s midnight just before the weekend. Traffic snarls the corniche in Tripoli, where improved electricity service has brought renewed energy…
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Stage 4 power cuts to continue
Eskom says it will continue with stage 4 power cuts on Sunday after a breakdown in more generating units. The…
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Eskom eases load shedding for the weekend
Eskom said it will be decreasing load shedding this weekend amid the cold front, but stage 4 power cuts would…
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Eskom wants consumers to delay using inverters
Eskom is urging households to delay the recharging of their backup power supplies after power cuts have ended. This is…
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Stage 4 load shedding underway
Stage 4 power cuts are currently underway until 5 am on Monday. After that, stage 2 will then be implemented…
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Kareiga residents plead for police visibility
Residents of Kariega are pleading with authorities to patrol the streets because they feel that power cuts are exacerbating the…
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Eskom implements stage 3 power cuts due to higher demand & service delays
Stage three load shedding has kicked in from 4 pm on Thursday afternoon until midnight when power cuts will be…
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Protests a sign of unresponsive governance
South Africans are reaching boiling point over prolonged power cuts and water shortages. Often, these frustrations spill out onto the…
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Eskom suspends power cuts until further notice
Due to improved generation capacity and lower demand, Eskom has suspended power cuts until further notice. The power utility says…
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Minister Ramokgopa says power cuts to significantly reduce by end of December
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has assured South Africans that power cuts will be drastically reduced by the end of the…
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Fikile Mbalula says blackouts will be over by end of 2023
Power cuts will be over by the end of this year. That is, after all, yet another promise made to…
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eThekwini to get new power cut schedule
The eThekwini municipality has been granted a reduced level of power cuts. This is due to the impact of the…
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Eskom escalates power cuts to Stage 6
More changes to Eskom’s power cut schedule for the day. They may have been suspended overnight for a few hours…
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President Ramaphosa mum on Electricity Minister’s powers
One political analyst has warned that not having a clear mandate for the new electricity minister runs the risk of…
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Kgosientsho Ramokgopa wants Eskom’s power stations to improve performance
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says the stages of load shedding could be reduced significantly if Eskom’s poor-performing power stations could…
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Eskom denies claims that power cuts exceeded stage 6
Eskom has denied claims that load shedding surpassed stage six after energy analysts blew the whistle on the power utility.…
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Stage 8 load shedding hits South Africa
As the country continues to be subjected unrelentless load shedding, ailing parastatal Eskom quietly imposed stage 8 load shedding on…
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Stage 6 load shedding until further notice
Fears of South Africans facing a bleak and cold winter season are starting to get real. Eskom has now ramped-up…
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Eskom implements various stages of load shedding
Eskom is ramping up rolling power cuts to Stage 3 until 4 pm on Tuesday. Stage 5 will then be…
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City of Cape Town: Generator noise complaints more than tripled in the last year
As the country continues to grapple with rolling power cuts the City of Cape Town says generator noise complaints have…
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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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Power crisis: Limpopo hospitals turn to generators
With no end in sight for power cuts, the Limpopo health department is beefing up its backup generators for healthcare…
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Blackouts case continues
Hospitals, schools, and police stations should be fully exempted from power cuts. That’s the argument by political parties and unions…
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Power cuts to alternate between stage 4 and 5 this week
Eskom has announced that it will ramp up load shedding to stage 4 from 4 pm on Sunday. Load shedding…
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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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MPs say the State of Disaster won’t end energy woes
The debate on how to deal with the energy crisis rages on. South Africa has endured hours of power cuts…
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Eskom preparing schedules beyond Stage 8
Eskom has admitted it is working with the National Energy Regulator of South Africa to prepare blackout schedules beyond Stage…
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SA’s unemployment rate drops to 32.7%
South Africa’s unemployment rate dipped slightly again between October and December last year to 32.7% from 32.9%. But when considering…
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Health MECs panic over impact of stage 6 load shedding
Health MECs fear South Africa could move beyond stage 6 load shedding, which means some hospitals won’t be exempted from…
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Stage 6 load shedding from 8pm
Stage 6 power cuts will be implemented from 8 pm on Sunday until 5 am. This is the result of…
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Robberies surge as criminals take advantage of power cuts
The acute energy crisis in South Africa has adversely affected all aspects of society. Regular and lengthy power outages –…
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Undertakers call for load shedding exemption
Undertakers want the government to exempt them from rolling blackouts. They say power cuts mean they cannot store bodies for…
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Eskom announces stage 5 load shedding from Thursday
Eskom announced Stage 5 power cuts will begin on Thursday morning at 5 am. The power cuts are expected to…
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Eskom paying for past sins, says Andre de Ruyter
Eskom is once again blaming the previous administration for the continuous power cuts. Outgoing CEO Andre De Ruyter says the…
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Stage 3 and 4 power cuts continue
Stage 3 and 4 power cuts will be maintained on Monday. That’s after two generating units at Tutuka Power Station…
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