Eskom | Infrastructure news - Part 31

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SA not close to a black out – Brown

Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown has called on Eskom’s residential and business customers to use energy sparingly as the winter season approaches. The Minister said this following the power utility’s decision to implement load shedding over...

Eskom threatens to cut defaulting municipalities

Eskom says it has notified all parties who are likely to be adversely affected as the company contemplates interrupting bulk electricity supply to the top 20 defaulting municipalities across the country from 5 June 2015. As at 31 March 2015, the...
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Eskom “pulls out all the stops” to finish Medupi

Eskom’s Medupi Unit 6 is currently being progressively tested and optimised to enable it to join the Eskom generation fleet as a contributor to energy supply, said the parastatal on Wednesday. Medupi consists of six units of approximately 800 MW...

Tsotsi resigns

Zola Tsotsi, director and chairman of the board of Eskom, has stepped down after a lengthy deliberation by the Eskom board on a vote of no confidence  on Monday, 30 March. Dr Ben Ngubane has been appointed acting chairperson. According to a...

Eskom under the spotlight again

Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says government will soon convene a summit to discuss solutions to the current electricity challenges facing the country. Responding to questions for oral reply at the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on...
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Eskom confirms price increase

Eskom has confirmed that a price increase will be implemented on 1 April 2015. “Eskom confirms that the price increase to be implemented on 1 April 2015 to Eskom direct customers is still 12.69% and for municipalities will be 14.25% from 1 July...
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Eskom appoints ABB for Kusile contract

Eskom has appointed ABB South Africa to execute the control and instrumentation contract for Kusile power station. “Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd (Eskom) has appointed ABB South Africa (Pty) Ltd, to execute the Control and Instrumentation contract...

Building better infrastructure and creating jobs

Transnet and Eskom are set to invest billions of rands in infrastructure programmes in a bid to create an enabling environment for private sector investment, bolstering localisation and supporting small and medium enterprises. This came out when...
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Breakthrough for Polokwane water challenges

Eskom has committed to securing the power supply to plants along the Olifantspoort to ensure that there are no disruptions to the water supply to the respective areas. This comes after a sit down with the Polokwane Municipality and Lepellle...