A “purely technical” weekend of load shedding There we were – enjoying the fruits of a lazy, gaming-filled weekend when…
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We’ve got some bad news for all you solar PV system owners in South Africa. The National Energy Regulator of…
When Eskom first published its amendments to its 2025 Retail Tariff Plan (RTP) in November 2024, it included provisions for…
Excellent news for load-shedding The rather short nightmare is officially over. In the early hours of Sunday morning, Eskom suspended…
UPDATE (31/01/2025): Only a few hours after Eskom issued this warning, it was confirmed that the energy company will bring back…
It’s just amazing that a few days before the years-long deadline to upgrade Eskom’s prepaid electricity meters, there are still…
South Africa’s state-owned electricity company, Eskom, has applied to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa to approve a 36.1% electricity price hike…
Catch! SpaceX catches Starship booster on its fifth attempt It didn’t take long for Elon Musk’s SpaceX to get Starship…
South Africa’s Department of Mineral Resources and Energy was split in two after the 2024 general elections: Electricity and Energy and Mineral and Petroleum Resources. Part of…
South Africa endured an electricity crisis from 2008 characterised by intermittent rolling blackouts and a growing culture of non-payment. The state-owned utility,…