The power utility is aiming to ensure there are no power cuts during the day and a maximum of level four from the late afternoons this week

Breakdowns at several power stations that coincided with the ramping up of planned equipment maintenance have led to stage six rolling blackouts

Winter recedes and the demand of electricity drops, planned maintenance, accompanied by rolling blackouts, will be ramped up

Electricity consumption dropped by 3.2% year-on-year in June, because of plant breakdowns and unscheduled maintenance

Kgosientsho Ramokgopa on Sunday highlighted a raft of new transmission projects that will add 37 gigawatts of energy to the grid by 2033

South Africa’s roadmap for the move towards decarbonising the electricity sector must work for people and planet, tackling load-shedding and the climate crisis

The new electricity minister says that he will not interfere with the process of hiring a new Eskom chief executive but this needed to be done soon

The president tells party leaders that the new electricity minister will also be a project manager for Medupi and Kusile power stations

ANC leaders were caught off guard and left reeling when the president made the announcement, with allies calling for him to explain his actions