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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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