March 20
South Africa: We Must Reject the Government's Dirty Energy Plans
This year's Integrated Resources Plan is horrifying Read more »
March 05
South Africa: Joburg Residents March Over Water Outages and Unreliable Electricity
The protesters say they are also fed up with illegal rubbish dumping and potholes in their streets Read more »
February 28
South Africa: Soweto Households Without Electricity for Seven Months
Premier blames Eskom for delays Read more »
February 21
South Africa: Shack Dwellers Hope for Subsidised Solar Power
The City of Cape Town is considering partnering with alternative energy providers for informal settlements Read more »
December 11, 2023
South Africa: Picket Against Fossil Fuels At Muizenberg Beach
Protests coincide with COP28 summit underway in Dubai Read more »
December 05, 2023
South Africa: Large Part of Johannesburg Without Electricity Since Saturday
City Power predicts seven days to restore power after fire gutted Observatory substation Read more »
November 22, 2023
South Africa: Vaalpark Suburb Without Power for 10 Days
Vandalism of substation blamed Read more »
November 15, 2023
South Africa: Khayelitsha Schools Battle Illegal Electricity Connections
Electricity theft has left Nomsa Maphongwana Primary School in Mandela Park with a Eskom bill of more than R167,880 Read more »
October 10, 2023
South Africa: Illegal Electricity Connections Are 'Spiralling Out of Control' - City of Cape Town
Loadshedding has made the problem worse Read more »
October 06, 2023
South Africa: Ad Agencies Pressure Their Colleagues Not to Work for Fossil Fuel Companies #AfricaClimateHope
Clean Creatives has published a list of agencies with coal, oil, and gas clients Read more »
September 28, 2023
South Africa: Protesters Block Busy Kariega Road Amid Five-Day Power Outage
Nelson Mandela Bay councillor says many homes were plunged into dark after an explosion at the Mabandla substation Read more »
September 20, 2023
South Africa: Community Centre Burnt Down in Electricity Tariff Protest
Police and protesters exchange rubber bullets and stones Read more »
September 13, 2023
South Africa: Activists Protest As Huge Oil and Gas Conference Gets Under Way in Cape Town
"Gas and oil and nuclear don't need to be in our energy mix" Read more »
September 12, 2023
South Africa: Four Years and R7-Million Later, Eastern Cape Villages Still Without Power
Mzimvubu Municipality has been incapable of finishing an electrification project it started in 2018 Read more »
September 08, 2023
South Africa: Mayor's Response to Electricity Rates Protest Fails to Satisfy Swellendam Residents
Swellendam mayor met residents on Tuesday, but issues remain unresolved Read more »
August 30, 2023
South Africa: Swellendam Residents March for Cheaper Electricity
This comes two weeks after the town was brought to a standstill with violent protests Read more »
August 28, 2023
South Africa: Cape Town Residents Call for Electricity Tariffs to Be Reduced
City says NERSA's 15% tariff recommendation would lead to a shortfall of R500-million for 2023/24 Read more »
August 15, 2023
South Africa: Shack Dwellers Look to Renewable Energy to Power Informal Settlements
A group of organisations have created successful small projects, but now they want to aim bigger Read more »
July 06, 2023
South Africa: Emfuleni Municipality Collected 90% of Electricity Bills but Failed to Pay Eskom
Emfuleni owes Eskom R3.5-billion and must now hand over its electricity business to the power utility, Pretoria High Court orders Read more »
June 23, 2023
South Africa: There's a Way to Sort Out Lighting in Informal Settlements
Solar powered public lights are better than high-mast lights, collaborative Cape Town project suggests Read more »
South Africa: Coal Truck Torched in Gqeberha Elecricity Protest
Protesters were demanding the electrification of about 3,000 shacks Read more »
June 22, 2023
South Africa: Gqeberha Shack Dwellers Protest After Electricity Disconnected By RDP Home Owners
Residents of Baloyi informal settlement say two transformers installed in March have never been connected Read more »
June 14, 2023
South Africa: Illegal Connections to Blame for Leaving Learners in the Dark, Says Eskom
Staff of Bloekombos High School make photocopies at neighbouring schools for exams Read more »
May 11, 2023
South Africa: This Tshwane Police Station Has Not Had Electricity for Three Years
Rietgat station in Soshanguve used to get electricity from the train station Read more »
February 17, 2023
South Africa: Learners March to Eskom As School Has Been Without Electricity for Several Months
SGB says that illegal connections are to blame for the outage Read more »