It’s not all good news on the energy front. The job of Eskom CEO remains one of the toughest in SA. The man previously in the hot seat, Phakamani Hadebe, resigned in July 2019, citing “unimaginable demands” which were impacting his health. So it’s been a relief to watch current boss André de Ruyter last …
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The year 2020 will go down as the year of Covid-19. But it could also go down as the year of accountability.
Spoiler alert: There is hope at the end of the tunnel.
The message is clear: stay vigilant or risk moving up a level.
It isn’t every day that you hear a good story about Eskom, which recently plunged SA into load shedding in the middle of a pandemic. But here it is – and it’s a really good one, too. The guys in suits at the top of Eskom, who get paid millions to keep the lights on, …
EXPLAINER: Justice may finally be coming for the Guptas Read More »
Welcome to this week’s edition of Verationality, news made simple. ??♀️ OK look, I’m not going to sugar coat it. This last week saw a barrage of bad news headlines. But – and I’m always that person – in context… it’s no cause for panic. Fixing things up after Jacob Zuma’s “nine wasted years” was …
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What’s news? Load shedding is going nowhere, but some Eskom officials might be. Eskom warned this week that load shedding could continue until April if things don’t change, EWN reported. On Wednesday, public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan said that at least 40% of the problems at Eskom were due to human error, including fraud, corruption …
We can now all agree Eskom’s tragedy was self-inflicted Read More »
What’s news? The country underwent another round of infuriating load shedding on Tuesday, with Eskom implementing Stage 3 load shedding. Eskom implemented load shedding on Sunday and by Monday afternoon, several generating units had unexpectedly collapsed, leading to Stage 4 load shedding. It was a drastic measure, meaning increased blackouts across the country, intended to …
Eskom has moved to Stage 4 load shedding and there will be power outages across the country from 1pm to 4pm on Monday. Citing a breakdown in generating plants on Sunday, on Monday morning, Eskom announced Stage 2 loadshedding for most of the day. But by lunchtime, things had deteriorated to the point where Eskom …
