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Eskom wants South Africans with solar panels to pay more for electricity
Eskom presented its new plans for electricity tariffs to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa on Tuesday, outlining the new electricity price structure it wants to implement. The power utility’s new retail tariffs propose significant changes for electricity...
Eskom Stage 8 load-shedding possible, warns Ted Blom
South Africans should brace themselves for the worst year of load-shedding yet in 2021, with Stage 8 being a possibility before the end of winter. This is the view of power and mining expert Ted Blom, who spoke to the Free Market Foundation’s Chris Hattingh during...
Eskom’s outlook for 2021 will be the worst year ever
Energy expert Ted Blom predicts that Eskom is heading for its worst performance ever in 2021 Responding to Eskom’s updated 3-month electricity outlook, Blom says “historically Eskom has maintained a ‘planned maintenance’ outage of around 5,000MW. Unplanned outages, by...
AG’s report reveals the municipalities where the money goes to waste
With only 21 municipalities achieving a clean audit, more than R1-billion spent on consultants and over R32-billion in irregular expenditure, the auditor general’s report this week unveiled the extent of the meltdown of South Africa’s municipalities. Kimi Makwetu’s...
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