Minister of electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has commended Eskom over its recent efforts to bring the worse stages of load shedding under control. This is as the power utility moved swiftly to ...

Eskom warns of fake stage 6 post circulating, urges South Africans to verify information through official channels ...

Eskom has reintroduced Stage 6 load shedding, escalating it from Stage 3 on Saturday after a number of unit failures at the Camden, Majuba and Medupi power stations. The power utility cites a loss of ...

Political and economic analysts have described Eskom’s announcement of stage 6 load shedding as a blow to the Government of National Unity (GNU) and a crisis for the economy. This was after ...

Eskom increased load-shedding from stage 3 to stage 6 in the early morning hours on Sunday, 23 February 2025. “Eskom regrets to announce that stage 6 load-shedding was implemented at 01:30 due to ...

Eskom has downgraded load shedding from stage 4 to stage 2 from 5 a.m. on Tuesday until further notice. The parastatal has gradually reduced the rolling blackouts after ramping up load shedding to ...

The Minister of Electricity Kgosientso Ramokgopa has announced Stage 3 load shedding will be initiated this weekend. Eskom’s Group Chief Executive, Dan Marokane, said load shedding will start at 5pm ...

Energy expert at Forest Energy Solutions Matthew Cruise says Eskom has avoided load-shedding on several occasions in January 2025 by burning large amounts of diesel. Speaking to Cape Talk, Cruise ...

Power utility Eskom has issued a load shedding alert, warning of a high risk of outages this weekend—possibly up to stage 4. This follows more than 10 months of uninterrupted electricity supply.

Eskom will implement stage 2 load-shedding from 4pm on Thursday, stating that higher-than-expected electricity demand, the loss of generation units and extensive planned maintenance have placed strain ...

Power utility Eskom announced that stage 2 load shedding has returned following the loss of 5 generating units on Wednesday evening. “While we have made notable progress in our generation recovery ...