VANDERBIJLARK – Serial non-payer, Emfuleni Local Municipality (ELM), has yet again had its four bank accounts attached by power utility Eskom in a bid to recover R8b owed to it. Eskom on ...

Cape Town - A crack-down on electricity theft saw 100 connections in Delft removed by Eskom, law enforcement and police this week. Eskom teams disconnected the 100 illegal cables across four ...

The R8 billion owed to Eskom by Emfuleni for bulk electricity represents about 10% of the total R82bn owed by municipalities. The Sheriff of the Court has successfully attached the Emfuleni Local ...

Cold weather power pressure: Cold weather is expected across South Africa this weekend, but Eskom says it has made a provision to meet the increased demand. A severe low-pressure system will hit ...

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JOHANNESBURG - The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it will up the ante in its fight against what it has labelled electricity extortion as Eskom files its revenue application for next year.

The power utility has asked the National Energy Regulator of South Africa for a 36% hike for its direct customers and 44% for those supplied by municipalities. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey-Makhaza ...

Parliament is set to hear a motion brought forward by the Democratic Alliance rejecting Eskom’s proposal for yet another electricity tariff increase. The power utility is said to be seeking a 36 ...

Eskom’s huge debt pile, inability to collect billions in revenue from municipalities and rampant illegal connections keep chairman Mteto Nyati and the utility’s management team awake at night ...

ESKOM load reduction and celebration of hundred-plus days without load shedding in rural areas has been derided by many who expressed that the difference between load shedding and load reduction ...

Eskom’s lack of skilled and experienced workers has led to underperforming power stations and catastrophic issues that could have been prevented. This was shared by Rudi Dicks, the head of the ...

Eskom's recent achievement of over 150 days without load shedding has been met with a mixture of relief and concern among energy experts. While the milestone marks a reprieve from the persistent power ...