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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...
Another dark night for Gauteng under ‘load reduction’
Soweto and Vaal residents can expect another dark night as Eskom is implementing "load reduction" - a localised form of rolling blackouts - again in those areas from 5pm. Rolling blackouts began in some areas in Gauteng again last week. In a statement published on...
Govt plans tax hikes of R40 billion over the next four years
Finance minister Tito Mboweni warned that R40 billion in tax hikes may have to be enforced in the next four years.Government will earn R300 billion less than expected in tax this year due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.The first round of tax hikes will be...
SA’s broken municipalities to get R20bn – almost as much as health – Emergency budget
Finance minister Tito Mboweni on Wednesday delivered a supplementary national budget that, he said in the written version of his speech, "saves lives, protects livelihoods and actively builds a bridge to a prosperous future". It also channels a lot of extra money to...
Joburg prepaid electricity customers in for a shock
A household could see an increase of almost 50% as the city works to level pre- and post-paid charges. Joburg households and businesses using prepaid electricity are in for a shock if the fixed charges proposed in the city’s draft budget are approved. It was tabled on...
SA sewage is now being checked to track Covid-19 hotspots
The Water Research Commission is hunting for traces of the Covid-19-causing coronavirus in South Africa’s wastewaterStudies suggest that genetic material from the virus can remain in human faeces for a number of days and that it would be possible to track disease...
African “Utility Week” 11 – 15 May 2020
Connect with “Urban Utilities” during the next edition of the African Utility Week taking place from 11 – 15 May 2020
