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Ramokgopa: 6 power stations require urgent attention as winter approaches
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says six power stations need immediate attention as the winter months approach. Ramokgopa shed some light…
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Load shedding to be suspended from 5am to 4pm this weekend
Eskom has announced a change in the pattern of afternoon-evening load shedding this weekend due to an anticipated reduction in…
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Rooting out corruption at Eskom remains a challenge, says Pravin Gordhan
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan said that despite the progress made to improve operations at Eskom, corruption remained pervasive. Gordhan…
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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 announces Stage 2 and 4 load shedding for the week
Eskom will be tick-tocking between Stage 2 and Stage 4 blackouts this week. We are currently on Stage 2 and…
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Ramokgopa: We are engaging the open-cycle gas turbines less
Minister of Electricity Dr Kgosi Ramokgopa said electricity levels remain stable as Eskom works toward reducing load shedding intensity. Ramokgopa…
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Stage 4 and 5 load shedding until further notice
Eskom implemented Stage 5 from 4 pm on Sunday. The power utility says a generating unit each at Matla and…
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Eskom to implement stages 4 & 5 load shedding until further notice
Eskom has announced that stage 5 load shedding will be implemented from 4 pm this afternoon until 5 am on…
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Eskom to implement stage 5 load shedding this week
Ailing state-owned-entity Eskom has revised its load-shedding schedule for the week The parastatal said stage 4 load shedding will be…
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Eskom ramps up power cuts to stage 6 indefinitely
Eskom will be ramping up load shedding to stage six indefinitely, as it experiences delays in returning some generating units…
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Power cuts escalate again as 9 generating units remain offline
We’re set to experience escalating load-shedding stages this week – beyond what was reported yesterday… This as delays in returning…
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Eskom implements Stage 4 load shedding & various stages over the long weekend
Power utility Eskom announced it will be implementing various stages of load shedding over the upcoming long weekend. The ailing…
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Eskom announces stage 3 and 4 power cuts for week ahead
Eskom on Sunday said the country could expect to see stage 3 load shedding implemented during the day in the…
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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: Stage 5 power cuts to kick in from 4PM on Tuesday
As residents contend with stage 3 power cuts, Eskom said that stage 5 load shedding was on the cards later…
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Electricity Minister Ramokgopa tours troubled Tutuka
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa is confident there is a solution to bringing an end to rolling blackouts. Ramokgopa is touring…
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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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Eskom to ease load shedding over next few days
Eskom says that they will be implementing stage 4 and 5 blackouts on Monday. On Tuesday and Wednesday, there will…
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Eskom implements Stage 3 and 2 load shedding for the weekend
Eskom has announced the implementation of Stage 3 and Stage 2 load shedding for the weekend. This comes as President…
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Eskom announces irregular load-shedding stages for the weekend
Eskom has in a statement announced that the current stage 4 load shedding will continue until 05:00 Saturday morning. The…
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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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SANDF: Troop deployment to Eskom power plants in full force
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) on Tuesday said that the deployment of the army to at least four…
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SANDF declines to respond on troop deployment at Grootvlei power station
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is still mum about the deployment of soldiers at one of Eskom’s power…
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Eskom downgrades load shedding to stage 5
Load shedding has been downgraded to stage 5 from stage 6 until 5am on Tuesday. Eskom has not provided reasons…
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Nightly load shedding reduced to stage 3
Power cuts will be reduced from Stage 4 to Stage 3 during the nights of the weekend. This is thanks…
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Eskom signs lease agreement with 4 international power producers
Eskom has signed lease agreements with four international independent power producers (IPP) to use the land around the Majuba and…
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Eskom extends load shedding
Beleaguered power utility Eskom has extended rolling blackouts until Monday. Stage 1 power cuts will be implemented during the day…
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Load shedding suspended this weekend
Power utility Eskom announced load shedding would be suspended at midnight. Eskom said the lower weekend demand had made it…
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Eskom: Load shedding to continue until Friday
Eskom on Tuesday announced stage 4 load shedding until midnight and said it will downscale it to stage 2 thereafter…
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Eskom signs land lease agreements with IPPs
Eskom has signed five new deals with Independent Power Producers. This is the first batch of lease agreements to be…
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Stage 3 load shedding to continue until Thursday
Be prepared for stage 3 load shedding at least until 5 am on Thursday. This was announced by Eskom citing…
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Eskom warns it might bring back power cuts during weekend cold front
Eskom has on Friday announced that it might have to bring back Stage 2 load shedding at short notice from…
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Some residents face double whammy of load shedding & water cuts in Gauteng
Gauteng residents have been warned to prepare for a double blow of load shedding and water restrictions in coming days.…
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Eskom implements stage 2 power cuts for the weekend
Eskom wants you to know that due to the continued shortage of generation capacity, stage 2 load shedding will be…
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Load shedding: Eskom hopes to keep the lights on this week despite vulnerable system
Eskom is hopeful it will be able to keep the lights on this week after a sudden round of weekend…
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Eskom: Rain causing power outages in Gauteng, Eastern Cape
Power utility Eskom says the recent inclement weather conditions have resulted in a number of outages in the Gauteng and…
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Eskom implements Stage 3 blackouts on Thursday
Expect Stage three power cuts from 8 am until 10 pm on Thursday. Eskom says although there’s been a slight…
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Eskom to implement Stage 2 blackouts until Sunday
Winter is about to get darker and colder for South Africans. Eskom says stage 2 power cuts are being implemented…
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Stage 2 load shedding to resume until Sunday
Eskom confirmed that load shedding stage 2 is set to continue until 10 pm on Sunday, 6 June 2021. This…
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Load shedding stage 2 to continue on Thursday
Load shedding stage 2 will continue on Thursday 3 June 2021. While Eskom didn’t provide a summary of breakdowns or…
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Eskom: Load shedding to end on Tuesday night
Power utility Eskom, which implemented load shedding at the eleventh hour on Sunday afternoon, has promised to end load shedding…
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Load shedding: SA spent 9% of 2020 without power
In 2020, load shedding occurred for 859 hours of the year, apparently the most yet, a report by the Council…
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Eskom suspends power station managers over load-shedding
Eskom has suspended managers of the Kendal and Tutuka power stations pending disciplinary processes. This is following the implementation of…
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Eskom implements Stage 2 load-shedding
Eskom announced Stage 2 load-shedding will be implemented from 8 am to 10 pm on Thursday. The power utility says…
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Eskom to go back to stage 1 load shedding on Thursday
Eskom said it would go back to stage one load shedding on Thursday morning at 9 am after escalating rotational…
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Load shedding likely on Saturday, says Eskom
The likelihood that Eskom may implement load shedding on Saturday, which may continue throughout the weekend, has increased significantly following…
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