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'Challenged' Eskom runs job ad for new CEO with 'integrity and ethics'
"A leader with unquestionable integrity and ethics" with a track record of "turning around commercially and operationally challenged organisations" is needed to take the helm at SA's embattled power utility Eskom. → Read More
'We feel exonerated' - Parliament welcomes army deployment at Eskom
The deployment of the SANDF at four Eskom power stations has been welcomed by the chairperson of Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Energy, Sahlulele Luzipo. → Read More
Guards arrested for stealing thousands of litres of diesel at Eskom power station
Two security guards employed by a company contracted by Eskom to protect the Port Rex power station in East London were arrested on Monday for allegedly stealing almost 6 000 litres of diesel. → Read More
PetroSA says it found leak in offshore pipeline near Mossel Bay
PetroSA has announced that, on Friday, evidence of a leak was found in a condensate pipeline that runs from the offshore FA platform to the GTL refinery in Mossel Bay. → Read More
Sekunjalo Group's bank accounts to be reopened as tribunal grants it interim relief
The Competition Tribunal has granted interim relief to the Sekunjalo Group, preventing three banks from closing their bank accounts and ordering five others to reopen bank accounts that have already been closed. → Read More
Numsa suspensions 'unconstitutional and invalid', conference interdicted
The Labour Court in Johannesburg on Saturday declared the suspension of Numsa second deputy president Ruth Ntlokotse and that of 30 other officials "unconstitutional, invalid and unenforceable in law". → Read More
Eskom extends load shedding to Stage 6 on Tuesday, Wednesday evenings
Load shedding will be escalated to Stage 6 on Tuesday afternoon, Eskom announced. → Read More
Stage 2 load shedding times extended
Eskom will implement Stage 2 load shedding between 10:00 and midnight on Wednesday, and between 05:00 and midnight from Thursday to Sunday. → Read More
Stage 2 load shedding to be implemented every evening from Monday to Thursday
Eskom will implement Stage 2 load shedding every evening between 17:00 and 22:00, from Monday to Thursday. → Read More
Eskom warns power system is 'severely constrained'
Eskom warned on Thursday afternoon of a "severely constrained" power system and said it might have to implement load shedding at short notice. → Read More
Stage 2 load shedding to be implemented from 8am to 10pm on Saturday and Sunday
This will be done to preserve diesel stocks in an attempt to contain the amount of load shedding, Eskom said. → Read More
Load shedding escalated to Stage 4 on Monday
Load shedding will be escalated to Stage 4 on Monday afternoon, Eskom announced. This is owing to a unit at Kusile power station tripping earlier on Monday, taking 720MW of generating capacity with it, Eskom spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha said. → Read More
Stage 2 load shedding to be implemented again on Thursday evening
Stage 2 load shedding will again be implemented on Thursday from 17:00 to 22:00, Eskom announced. → Read More
Stage 2 load shedding to be implemented again on Wednesday evening
Load shedding will again be implemented on Wednesday from 17:00 to 22:00, Eskom announced. → Read More
Load shedding to be implemented from Sunday until Wednesday
Load shedding will be implemented from 16:00 on Sunday afternoon until 05:00 on Wednesday, 20 April, due to additional generation unit losses and delayed return to service of generators, Eskom announced on Sunday. → Read More
Liquor traders to receive R2m support following KZN flooding
National Liquor Traders (NLT) has committed a total of R2 million to support liquor traders who have suffered the recent devastation of flooding in KwaZulu-Natal. The support will be in a form of food parcels and credit allowances for restocking and rebuilding. → Read More
Sipho Pityana heading to court to challenge dismissal as Absa board member
Pityana on Wednesday filed a 126-page application in the Gauteng North High Court in Pretoria stating that his removal was irregular, and requesting "compensation for this breach of the Companies Act". → Read More
Extradition hearing for former Eskom contractor Michael Lomas postponed on medical grounds
The extradition hearing for former Eskom contractor Michael Lomas - who has been implicated in a R745 million corruption scandal involving the construction of Kusile power station - has been postponed until next year. → Read More
Prasa to oppose ousted CEO Zolani Matthews' Labour Court application
The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa on Wednesday indicated that it would oppose ousted CEO Zolani Matthews' Labour Court application to be reinstated. → Read More
Dis-Chem raises alarm about 70% no-show rate for vaccine appointments
Dis-Chem has called for a faster vaccine rollout to stem the pandemic tide in Gauteng and to assist in preventing the third wave from overwhelming the healthcare systems in other provinces. → Read More