The Electricity Regulation Amendment Act, signed into law by President Cyril Ramaphosa in August 2024, will introduce significant reforms to South Africa's electricity sector, aiming to create a more ...

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa has admitted that load reduction may infringe upon the rights of communities, particularly in poorer areas, as public outcry over the practice intensifies ...

Though there has been bad news around load shedding starting again last month, a tender launched by Eskom on Friday 31 ...

Eskom initially applied for a massive 36.15% increase, but Nersa significantly scaled this back. Despite this, the approved increase means that electricity tariffs will have risen by 26.09% over three ...

While City Power customers enjoy a break from load reduction, the utility reserves the right to reintroduce it if necessary.

South Africa had not seen rolling power outages, locally called load shedding, in almost a year. Their sudden return, announced by the state-run power utility Eskom on January 31, has dashed hopes of ...