Eskom implemented Stage 4 load-shedding just after noon on Saturday and rolling blackouts are set to continue on Sunday. The power utility blames the shortage of generation capacity on plant breakdowns and the loss of Mozambique imports. But energy analyst Chris Yelland says Stage 4 load-shedding on a weekend is unprecedented. Doubts cast on Eskom’s..
Continue reading…
#Rollingblackouts: Experts doubt Eskom’s Stage 4 load-shedding excuse , South Africa is once again in the dark
Posted on Leave a comment
The government seems to think a R23m injection of funds, and a team of experts will solve the ESKOM problems
Posted on Leave a comment
In a recent interview with ENCA, energy analyst Chris Yelland spoke to the inaccuracies of Eskom’s latest load shedding excuses. The latest Eskom’s latest excuse for the energy blackout points at cyclone Idai affecting power production, and the transmission of electricity from supplier Mozambique. This seems to be a valid excuse until Yelland points out..
Continue reading…
Bankrupt Eskom ruins cash-strapped SA – Phase 2 #rollingblackouts implemented – National power provider controlled by ANC- regime has once again been unable to generate enough electricity to supply in demand
Posted on Leave a comment
With the latest announcement that Eskom is again unable to generate sufficient electricity to meet demand, the consumers’ patience is once again being tested out. Eskom says phase 2 load shedding will be implemented today from 08:00 to 23:00 due to a shortage of capacity. The power provider introduced phase 1 load shedding on Wednesday..
Continue reading…
With power stations that explode and load shedding that has been initiated again will put David Mabuza’s urgent plan-of-action on Eskom in jeopardy
Posted on Leave a comment
Mabuza broke down the government’s plan to save a sinking Eskom. As Eskom continues to warn consumers of rotational load shedding, Deputy President David Mabuza has told Members of Parliament that the power utility has developed a detailed turnaround plan to address its challenges. “…Eskom has developed a detailed turnaround plan to address its structural,..
Continue reading…
Unions in SA threatens total Eskom shutdown, get your candles, oil lamps ready and get those gas stove working
Posted on Leave a comment
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) says that its members will down tools as it continues to face an impasse with Eskom. In a statement on Tuesday (12 March), the union said that it was concerned about the potential unbundling of the power utility into three separate entities. “The shop stewards are very angry towards..
Continue reading…
Grab the candles and keep the generator close by, it might come in handy – Eskom spokesman announces that chances of #rollingblackouts are extremely high
Johannesburg hit by massive blackouts Friday and electricity providers were unable to explain why – perhaps due to incompetent BEE employees?
Posted on Leave a comment
Suburbs across Johannesburg, South Africa’s economic hub, were hit by widespread power outages on Friday that electricity providers were unable to explain. “Technicians are on site to determine the cause of the outage,” Khulu Phasiwe, a spokesman for state-owned power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., said via Twitter. There’s no estimated time for the restoration..
Continue reading…
Impulse International, which was partly responsible for setting up the disastrous Kusile power plant, failed a subcontractor questionnaire twice
Posted on Leave a comment
Kusile power station is a total failure because former Eskom boss gave a R800m tender to his stepdaughter’s company. It appears that Eskom’s former head, Matshela Koko guaranteed a R6.5 billion contract if they were to subcontract the company to a company partly owned by his stepdaughter. The stepdaughter’s company is registered as Impulse International…
Continue reading…
ESKOM gives a US company a blank cheque, and they are cashing it in for a whooping R13bn
Posted on Leave a comment
The US company that designed the extremely flawed Kusile Power Station in Mpumalanga was given a blank cheque by Eskom, which it cashed in to score R12 billion. Despite the fact that the engineering consulting firm Black & Veatch, which is situated in Kansas in the US, delivered shoddy work that continues to hobble Kusile’s..
Continue reading…
It going rather jolly in economically cash strapped SA! – Contractor, Setho Engineering receives more than R88 million rand at City Power for work that has never been done on Eldorado Park substation
Posted on Leave a comment
A City Power employee was fired after being found guilty of misconduct and conspiracy with contractors. He apparently facilitated payments for work that has never been done at the Eldorado Park substation. This is the second worker who was fired due to conspiracy with the same contractor Setho Engineering. Setho Engineering has received over R88..
Continue reading…
The corrupt ANC government plans ‘could collapse pension funds, with pensioners dying poor’
Posted on Leave a comment
The party’s manifesto hints at targeting pensions through prescribed investments, ‘which will see half the population’s money used to bail out failing entities like Eskom’. The prescribed investments for pension funds hinted by the ANC in its 2019 election manifesto could lead to the collapse of South Africa’s pension funds and pensioners dying poor. Explaining..
Continue reading…
Eskom’s request to increase electricity granted after poor administrators of SA-regime succumb to unrealistically high demands – annual revenue of the state entity will now increase by R784bn
Posted on Leave a comment
The bankrupt power provider of South Africa, who has already stolen billions of rand from the taxpayers’ pockets, once again got its way. The poor administrators of our beloved SA have succumbed and allowed heavy increases to hit consumers in the next three years. The ANC government, under the leadership of the Energy Regulator of..
Continue reading…
Natasha Mazzone (DA) fears Eskom could plunge SA into a “Chinese debt trap”, China is already taking countries for bad debts
Posted on Leave a comment
The revelations about Eskom are pouring in from the state capture inquiry. Natasha Mazzone believes their secret deals with China are “risky business”. We’ve experienced a shuddering last few days at the state capture inquiry. Former Eskom executives who were present when the rot of corruption set in have lifted the lid on some pretty..
Continue reading…
Gordhan hires “specialists” to investigate unplanned rolling blackouts at Eskom’s, however the problems are largely due to inexperienced staff not having the ability to do the work according to requirements
Posted on Leave a comment
Gordhan hires 11 “specialists” to tend to Eskom’s problem, however the unplanned rolling blackouts is largely due to inexperienced staff in-service, and lacking the ability to do the work according to requirements. Minister Pravin Gordhan has appointed eleven industry specialists as the “Eskom Technical Review Team”. The coordinator is Dr Tsakani Mthombeni, chair of the..
Continue reading…
Former Mineral Resources Minister was dismissed by the ANC regime so that Gupta candidate could fill the post to make corruption and state capture possible at Eskom
Posted on Leave a comment
The Guptas have been helped to buy the Optimum mine through a pre-payment of R659m by Eskom, said Glencore’s former head Clinton Ephron. Eskom’s fingers were further in the negotiations by fining Optimum Coal with R2.1bn for so-called low-grade coal supply. This forced Optimum Coal to go into business rescue. The rumours are that Eskom..
Continue reading…