Former Eskom CEO Brian Molefe’s expected R30 million payout has been declined by public enterprises minister Lynne Brown. Brown said she considered the Eskom board’s reasoning in formulating the proposed pension payout and could not support it. “I...
Former Eskom CEO Brian Molefe received a R30 million payout from the power utility in March, the Sunday Times has reported. However, when asked about Molefe’s payout, Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown said she had no knowledge of the payment...
Koeberg nuclear power station is well equipped to handle its nuclear waste, according to a recent KPMG study. The recent study focused on the socio-economic impact of the nuclear power station from 2012 to 2025. It indicated that the site is well...
Witbank in Mpumalanga could be a possible site for one of the country’s new nuclear power plants. This was according to Eskom’s chief nuclear officer Dave Nicholls. Nicholls said the power utility was considering the expansion of nuclear power...
The Special Economic Zones areas of Tubatse and Musina-Makhado in the Eastern Cape will benefit from thousands of new human settlements that are scheduled for construction in upcoming months. Government said it aimed to deliver 80,000 housing units...
The Koeberg Power Station in the Western Cape contributed R29 billion to the province’s gross domestic product (GDP) between 2013 and 2016. This was announced by Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown at KPMG’s results presentation of a study...
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has announced plans to strike against Eskom. The union threatened Eskom on Wednesday following the power utility’s announcement to close five coal-powered stations over the next 10 years. NUM general...
Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown has given Eskom 90 days to investigate the power utility’s acting CEO Matshela Koko. This comes after the Sunday Times learned that Eskom awarded tenders worth 1 billion rand (US$80.5 million) to Impulse...
South Africa is one of the continent’s leading countries when it comes to embracing and implementing renewable energy policies and plans, and a local Cape Town electrical technologist, Jimmy Goulding, has championed the use of small hydro in an...
