The scheduled Majuba tie-in and maintenance outage is off to a smooth start and proceeding according to plan. The bulk water pipeline which supplies Kriel in Emalahleni local municipality started on 23 February and is expected to be completed by 9...
The Portfolio Committee on Energy held a meeting earlier this week where it made the future of nuclear energy in South Africa quite clear. Briefing his counterparts from the Norwegian Standing Committee on Energy and Environmental Affairs,...
The “electricity war room” is focusing all its energy towards implementing government’s five-point plan, Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti said earlier this week. The Minister said this during a briefing by the Economic...
City Power is set to implement a residential time-of-use tariff system that will allow the utility to price electricity at different rates during the day. This is aimed at encouraging consumption during off peak hours to reduce the cost to supply...
The communities of Kriel in Emalahleni Local Municipality will be without water as the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is conducting maintenance work on its pipeline between Rietspruit reservoirs and Davel. The maintenance work forms part...
The Polokwane Municipality says most of its reservoirs have been low and some almost empty in the past few days. This has resulted in water shortages in high laying areas within the municipality. The situation got worse on Sunday with some...
It will take 20 to 30 months before power utility Eskom has caught up with maintenance and is back on the right track, energy department director general Wolsey Barnard said on Tuesday. “It’s going to take time, it’s going to take...
President Jacob Zuma revealed plans that are in motion to deal with the country’s electricity challenges, during his State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Thursday evening. He delivered his speech as Eskom’s power grid remains constrained, with the...
President Jacob Zuma revealed plans that are in motion to deal with the country’s electricity challenges, during his State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Thursday evening. He delivered his speech as Eskom’s power grid remains constrained, with the...
