Eskom

Today, a hundred years after its birth, Eskom has experienced a spectacular fall from grace. South Africa's energy giant is crippled by debt, beset by corruption scandals and unable to keep the lights on.
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Several thousands of people took to the streets in South Africa on Wednesday to protest a prolonged energy crisis that has resulted in crippling power cuts for the continent's most industrialised economy.
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SOUTH AFRICA - Eskom is chewing over the idea of implementing stage 2 or 3 load shedding on a near-permanent basis for the next two to three years, the cash-strapped parastatal announced on Sunday. This is in an attempt to give more…
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Johannesburg - Eskom has announced Stage 4 load shedding with immediate effect, following the breakdown of four generating units.
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The Investigating Directorate brought an extradition application through the UK central authorities to invoke the European Convention on Extradition of 1957 and the UN Convention against Corruption 2003 to assist in bringing Lomas back into…
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Although South Africa is well-known for its “humanitarian approach” towards Zimbabwe, according to experts and Eskom, Zimbabwe is now on its own following its electricity shortages which are set to worsen given SA’s energy crisis.
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Eddie Cross: "When State managed institutions work well they are often not recognised or rewarded and are taken for granted. When they fail, everyone suffers the consequences. At Independence in 1980, 40 per cent of the GDP of Zimbabwe was…
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Presenting to a media briefing on Friday morning (19 November), de Ruyter said that there was clear evidence that an electricity pylon had been deliberately cut and felled ahead of the evening peak period on Wednesday (17 November).
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Zimbabwe holds the world’s second-largest reserves of platinum and chrome, while large deposits of lithium, diamond, coal and gold have attracted some investors. However, mining executives are expecting no new investment in operations.
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Former Eskom chief executive Brian Molefe on Friday laid into President Cyril Ramaphosa and accused him of effectively being used by mining giant Glencore for political protection and to peddle his considerable influence.
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