Electricity
uMngeni protesters block road after municipality refuses to fix their power
Residents were in the dark for four days before taking to the streets
Brief | 8 February 2024
Meter tampering and illegal connections plunge Edendale into darkness most nights
“We are without power at … least 48 hours a week” says resident
News | 23 January 2024
Attack on Eskom technicians leaves Khayelitsha families without electricity for a month
Services resumed after a meeting with community leaders
Brief | 22 January 2024
Large part of Johannesburg without electricity since Saturday
City Power predicts seven days to restore power after fire gutted Observatory substation
Brief | 5 December 2023
Clean our “stinking” canal, demand Moeggesukkel shack dwellers
Nelson Mandela Bay ward councillor promises they will get water by Christmas and electricity in January
Brief | 29 November 2023
Khayelitsha schools battle illegal electricity connections
Electricity theft has left Nomsa Maphongwana Primary School in Mandela Park with a Eskom bill of more than R167,880
By Vincent Lali
News | 15 November 2023
Cable thieves target Mangaung townships during loadshedding
Power utility has spent more than R50-million to repair and replace stolen and vandalised infrastructure
Brief | 3 November 2023
Illegal electricity connections are “spiralling out of control” says City of Cape Town
Loadshedding has made the problem worse
By Sandiso Phaliso and Sonia A. Rao
Brief | 10 October 2023