Electricity
Driftsands community protests over week-long power outage
Eskom says illegal connections from a neighbouring informal settlement to blame
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 11 March 2022
Buffalo City residents march on municipality with long list of broken services
Billing errors, overflowing sewage, pothole-ridden roads - these are just some of the complaints
Brief | 7 March 2022
Khayelitsha shacks to be electrified at last
Families were wrongly classified as backyarders, says Eskom
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 8 February 2022
Young brothers die in devastating blaze
The fire gutted 11 shacks in Gugulethu
Brief | 7 February 2022
Makana municipality defaults on Eskom debt
Struggling City fails to repay R7.5 million instalment
Brief | 31 January 2022
Eskom loses bid to reduce power to municipalities
Supreme Court of Appeal dismisses power utility’s case
Law | 24 January 2022
Treasury to bail out Northern Cape municipality over unpaid workers
Court gives Eskom go-ahead to recoup R105 million
By Liezl Human
News | 21 January 2022
Soweto residents shut down streets over two-week blackout
Diepkloof residents owe Eskom R96m
By Chris Gilili
News | 8 December 2021
Elandskop households demand end to daily power outages
Residents say they are without electricity between 5pm and 9am daily
Brief | 6 December 2021