Electricity
“Where is our water?” protesters ask mayor
Nquthu in KwaZulu-Natal shut down by protest
Brief | 10 June 2025
RDP occupiers protest at Ekhurhuleni mayor’s office for services
“The City should stop calling us illegal occupants and give us services”
Brief | 5 June 2025
2,000 households in Katlehong without electricity and clean toilets
Residents demand municipality fulfil its promises
Brief | 2 June 2025
Cash-strapped City Power in tense standoff with protesters in Alexandra
The power utility says more than 800 households in Riverpark were either not buying electricity at all or had “suspiciously low” purchase rates
Brief | 30 May 2025
City says there’s no money for water and toilets for Mamelodi settlement
Residents say they have no choice but to illegally connect electricity and water
Text by Warren Mabona. Photos by Ihsaan Haffejee.
News | 24 May 2025
Picket for jobs at Eskom offices in Joburg
Protesters from Mpumalanga demand local recruitment at power stations
Brief | 22 May 2025
Removal of illegal connections sparks protests in Khayelitsha
Residents of Social Distance informal settlement demand electricity supply
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 20 March 2025
Eskom suspends services in part of Khayelitsha after hijacking
Employees were robbed at gunpoint in Makhaza
Brief | 18 March 2025
Here’s how we can move to renewable energy in a just way
Mining companies could fulfil their social obligations by investing in these projects
By Robert Krause and Lee-Anne Bruce
Opinion | 17 March 2025