Electricity
Illegal electricity cables “a huge risk” to Cape Town hospital
City promises shack dwellers will get their own electricity
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 11 November 2024
Residents help Free State municipality restore electricity
Dozens of people from affected villages helped officials for several days to erect fallen electricity pylons
By Tladi Moloi
Brief | 4 November 2024
Eskom withdraws from Cape Town informal settlement after second attack in two weeks
On Monday a security vehicle escorting the power utility’s workers into the area was hijacked.
Brief | 23 October 2024
Johannesburg community plays cat-and-mouse with City Power
City Power removed and confiscated 60,000 kilograms of aluminium cables valued at R6-million
Brief | 17 October 2024
The health and economic costs of emissions at Kusile power plant
Eskom has an exemption to operate without flue gas desulpharization until March
Science | 14 October 2024
Western Cape town “held to ransom” by cable theft syndicate
Repeated extended blackouts as electricity poles are cut down and cables stolen
News | 10 October 2024
Trash dumped at councillor’s office in electricity protest
Power has not been restored for a year to Dunoon fire victims
Brief | 26 September 2024
Hundreds of Limpopo villagers march to Eskom to demand an end to load reduction
They blame illegal connections for their electricity troubles and want Eskom to intervene
By Thembi Siaga
Brief | 17 September 2024
Live wires litter streets of Refilwe township in Tshwane
Two cows have been electrocuted
Brief | 17 September 2024