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South Africa: Heads Roll At Eskom Over Poor Performance
CAJ News, 12 March 2015
ESKOM, the beleaguered parastatal, has suspended its Chief Executive Officer, Tshediso Matona, and senior executives as part of an independent probe to the problems bedeviling the… Read more »
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South Africa: Eskom Suspensions Shock Chairperson
Parliament of South Africa, 13 March 2015
The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee of Public Enterprises, Ms Dipuo Letsatsi-Duba, has expressed concern and shock over the suspensions of Eskom CEO Mr Tshediso Matona and… Read more »
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South Africa: From #paybackthemoney to Eskom - South Africa, the Fool's Paradise
Daily Maverick, 13 March 2015
What is it about South Africans that makes it so easy to pull the wool over our eyes? On Wednesday President Jacob Zuma stood in Parliament and told the nation that regarding… Read more »
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South Africa: Public Enterprises Welcomes Eskom Inquiry
SAnews.gov.za, 12 March 2015
Pretoria - Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown has welcomed Eskom's decision to launch an independent inquiry into the way it conducts business. Read more »
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South Africa: Four Eskom Board Members Suspended
SAPA, 12 March 2015
Four senior Eskom executives, including chief executive Tshediso Matona, have been asked to step aside as the power utility embarks on a fact-finding inquiry, its chairman said on… Read more »
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South Africa: Eskom Announces Inquiry into Poor Performance
Eskom, 12 March 2015
The #Eskom Board has today resolved to commission an independent enquiry on the current status of the business and its challenges. The Board, in its quest to address the… Read more »
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South Africa: Electricity Crisis - Is 'Power' Really Going to 'The People'?
SACSIS, 10 March 2015
AMANDLA NGAWETHU! We hear it all the time and many regularly shout it. Indeed, 'Power to the People!' has been a crucial part of South Africa's political vocabulary for decades,… Read more »
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South Africa: Power System to Remain Constrained - Eskom
SAnews.gov.za, 10 March 2015
South Africa's power system will remain extremely constrained for this week with an extra load or fault leading to load-shedding, said Eskom. Read more »
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South Africa: SACP - Eskom Needs Tough Love - EFF Are Proto-Fascist
Daily Maverick, 9 March 2015
Leadership of the South African Communist Party met over the weekend for the first time this year, discussing Eskom, the economy, nation building and the imperialist centres… Read more »
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South Africa: Eskom Must Place Moratorium on Axing Experienced Engineers
DA, 8 March 2015
I have today written to the Minster of Public Enterprises, Lynne Brown, requesting that she institute an immediate moratorium on the retrenchment of experienced engineers at Eskom. Read more »
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South Africa: Energy Committee Briefed on Five Point Plan for Electricity Supply
Parliament of South Africa, 10 March 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Energy received a briefing from the Department of Energy (DoE) on Tuesday on its five point plan to deal with the electricity crisis. Read more »
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South Africa: Power System to Remain Tight Into Weekend - Eskom
SAnews.gov.za, 6 March 2015
Pretoria - The power system will remain constrained going into the weekend, Eskom says. Read more »
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South Africa: Eskom's Medupi Power Station Produces First Electricity
SA Info, 3 March 2015
The first power has been produced out of the Medupi power station's Unit 6, South Africa's energy utility Eskom announced on Monday morning. Read more »
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South Africa: Eskom Dismisses Power Company Claims
SAnews.gov.za, 3 March 2015
Eskom on Tuesday said it is not in partnership with companies selling electricity consumption reduction products. Read more »