Electricity

Loadshedding: here are your options

Give us electricity or move us, says Mamelodi community

Most residents at Phomolong informal settlement rely on illegal connections

“We’re losing big time”- businesses crippled by Eskom blackouts

Reduced income and extra costs are hurting local enterprise

Unrest erupts in Queenstown over blackouts

ANC supporters form human barrier to protect the party’s offices

Pretorians protest against loadshedding and tariff hike

“2024 is around the corner. This injustice is something that we are not going to forget”

Mantashe’s axing of Peter Becker was unconstitutional, rules court

Becker served on the National Nuclear Regulatory Board

Fire Gwede Mantashe, say activists

Civil society groups plan mass action against electricity tariff hike and blackouts

Fresh protests erupt in Phoenix as power outages continue

Supply lines unable to cope with surges caused by loadshedding

Politicians blamed for stoking Phoenix protests

After an extended power outage, people took to the streets burning tyres

Hundreds march in Free State over water shortages

Moqhaka Local Municipality in Kroonstad blames loadshedding for supply issues

Understanding Eskom’s high failure rate

Researchers have identified the underlying causes

Saldanha Bay residents voice support for Karpowership

The controversial company, which uses fossil fuels to generate power from ships, claims it will create 240 jobs in the West Coast town

Blue Downs residents block road after five days without power

Eskom does not have the right material to fix the problem

Tension over electricity between families in shacks and government housing in Kariega

Wires swing like washing lines from the bungalows to the shacks

Electricity meters installed after months of protests are faulty, say Gqeberha shack dwellers

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality warns of fines of up to R8,000 for using izinyoka connections

Delft households without electricity for weeks at a time

Families blame illegal connections from nearby settlement