Markets are highly sensitive to Eskom’s performance, a point underscored by the rand’s tumble on Friday. It slid to ...

Many South Africans’ candle collections remained replenished this year, as Eskom maintained a consistent electricity supply for most of the year. As of the beginning of December, South Africa had ...

The South African government and Eskom won’t declare the end of load-shedding until it has eradicated load reduction in the country, and the power utility has announced an intensified effort to end ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said the end of load shedding in South Africa is “finally within reach” during a State of the Nation Address on Thursday. The president said the South African ...

Eskom and the South African government have cited improvements in power plant reliability as the main driving force behind a continued reduction in load-shedding. However, Eskom’s own data suggests ...

South Africa experienced load shedding for the first time in more than 10 months over the weekend. State-owned utility Eskom cut up to 3 GW of capacity under “Stage 3” load shedding from 17:00 on Jan.