Tag: Eskom

Mzansi's energy bosses are walking a thin tightrope and each new bout of load shedding makes a stage 8 schedule seem more possible. But can it really happen?

Although much lower than Eskom initially requested, the above-inflation increase in the electricity tariff granted to the power utility means added pressure on the agriculture sector. Mzansi's food producers and ...

He’s already won the biggest award for young farmers in Mzansi. That doesn’t mean, however, that he has achieved all his goals. In fact, together with his workers, Gerhard Bruwer ...

As the South African Local Government Association (Salga) heads to court to take charge of all electricity distribution - including to 78 500 agricultural customers - farmers have called on ...

Organised agriculture is warning that the sector can't absorb Eskom’s planned 20.5% increase in rates. If approved, the price hike will kick in during 2022.

Rabelani Nemamilwe watched his investment and dream to create jobs go down the drain in just two days. He not only lost R50 000 in a 48-hour power outage, but ...

Alarm levels around the country's electricity supply seem to be escalating and South Africans are wondering whether an ominous scenario sketched by energy expert Ted Blom is starting to unfold ...

Eskom has announced that load shedding will start on Tuesday, 26 October from 9:00 and continue until 5:00 on Saturday, 30 October.

In a no-holds-barred interview with Food For Mzansi, Ted Blom explains why he believes Eskom is past the point of no return. He says at best it could be guided ...

South African farmers are ever prepared for the possibility of load shedding and should remain so, says energy expert Ted Blom. The system is perpetually strained and any unforeseen event ...