September 17
South Africa: Hundreds of Limpopo Villagers March to Eskom to Demand an End to Load Reduction
They blame illegal connections for their electricity troubles and want Eskom to intervene Read more »
South Africa: Live Wires Litter Streets of Refilwe Township in Tshwane
Two cows have been electrocuted Read more »
September 13
South Africa: Factory Forced to Relocate From Free State to Gauteng Because of Electricity Outages
NLG Gloves has been in Harrismith since 1993 and employed 71 people from surrounding communities. Read more »
South Africa: Loadshedding Is Not Over in Cape Town's Deep South
Unplanned power outages plague residents and small businesses near Cape Point Read more »
September 05
South Africa: Eskom Office Closure in Mpumalanga Leaves Customers Frustrated
Residents still turning up to report electricity supply problems months after Kwagga Mall customer hub closed Read more »
August 30
South Africa: Blackout in Eastern Free State After Substation Vandalised
Thousands of litres of oil stolen, says municipality Read more »
August 23
South Africa: Cape Town Electricity Protest Brings Traffic to a Halt
"We are eating less food because we have to pay more for electricity" Read more »
August 20
South Africa: Households Left Without Electricity As Eskom Implements Load Reduction
Power utility says this is necessary to protect transformers overloaded by illegal connections Read more »
August 05
South Africa: Power Restored to Diepsloot Welfare Organisations At Last
Lawyers against Abuse director says they are now able to provide counselling sessions without the constant noise of the generator Read more »
August 01
South Africa: Hundreds March in Khayelitsha to Demand That Eskom Re-Open Its Service Centre
Protesters say they were not consulted Read more »
South Africa: Joburg Community Plays Cat-and-Mouse With City Power Over Illegal Connections
City Power technicians removed over 18,000 kilogrammes of illegal wiring on Wednesday. But minutes after they left, people were seen making new electricity connections Read more »
July 19
South Africa: Joburg Families Plead With City Officials to End Power Cuts
City of Johannesburg losing between R5-million and R10-million monthly due to illegal connections, says City Power Read more »
July 15
South Africa: No Electricity for Diepsloot Welfare Organisations
Eskom says broken transformer can't be fixed again because the area is high risk Read more »
July 11
South Africa: Buffalo City Ratepayers March to City Hall, Rejecting Electricity Fee
A monthly maintenance network surcharge of between R376 and more than R700 came into effect on 1 July Read more »
June 28
South Africa: Eskom to Close Its Community Service Centres in Khayelitsha and Bellville
City of Cape Town condemns decision and says there is a "notable increase" in complaints from customers supplied directly by Eskom Read more »
May 30
South Africa: Eskom Demands Evaton Households Pay for Broken Transformer
Residents have to each pay R6,000 over six months, otherwise they won't be reconnected, says the power utility Read more »
May 02
South Africa: 'No Electricity, No Vote', Shout Angry Limpopo Villagers
Promise Maremeni is a dressmaker. But she is losing business because she has to use a manual sewing machine instead of an electric one, because her village has been without… Read more »
April 26
South Africa: Elections 2024 - What the Major Political Parties Say About Renewable Energy
We asked the ANC, DA, EFF, IFP, FF Plus, ActionSA, PA, MK Party and RISE Mzansi Read more »
South Africa: Solar Lights Mean Shack Dwellers Can Walk to the Toilet At Night
About 75 households in Khayelitsha were given solar street lights in a move to make the area safer Read more »
April 25
South Africa: It Took a Year but Tafelsig's Streetlights Are Back On
1,000 residents needing help with service inquiries also went to a pop-up service hub hosted by the City Read more »
April 22
South Africa: Scrap Electricity Tariff Hikes, Demand Durban Residents
Public comment on increases for ratepayers in eThekwini closed on Friday Read more »
April 19
South Africa: Power Outage Sparks Days of Protest in Joburg
Protests started on Tuesday, culminating with major roads to Orlando East, Pennyville, and Noordgesig being blocked on Thursday Read more »
March 27
South Africa: Homeowners Protest After City Power Tackles Illegal Connections
700 houses targeted in sting operation Read more »
March 25
South Africa: Cape Town School in the Dark Because It Owes Thousands to Eskom
A teacher at Vergenoegd Primary in Delft, Cape Town, says they discovered that the bursar office missed payments from August 2023 Read more »
March 20
South Africa: Mpumalanga Protesters Reject Government's Latest Energy Plan
Marches for cleaner, safer, and more affordable energy took place across the country on Wednesday Read more »