Tag: Cash-strapped state power utility Eskom
SONA2019: Eskom to be separated into three units, says Ramaphosa
PARLIAMENT, February 7 - President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Thursday that troubled state-owned power utility Eskom would be divided into three different units in...
Power utility Eskom to cut 10 executive jobs
JOHANNESBURG - South African power utility Eskom will reduce its executive management to 10 from 21, it said internal memo seen by Reuters, part...
Transfer of Eskom’s debt to South African government credit neutral –...
JOHANNESBURG - Power utility Eskom's request for the government to take up 100 billion rands ($7 billion) of its debt could cause the country's...
Eskom signs R1.5 billion loan with French development agency
CAPE TOWN, December 13 - Eskom said on Thursday it had signed a loan agreement with the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) for R1.5...
Eskom to reduce 1,000 MW of load in rotational power cuts
JOHANNESBURG, December 7 - State power utility Eskom said on Friday it would again effect rotational power cuts to reduce demand and avoid a...
Eskom suspends senior official pending maladministration investigation
CAPE TOWN, October 4 - State-owned power utility Eskom has placed its senior general manager of assurance and forensics, Molefi Nkhabu, on precautionary suspension...
Eskom has coal shortages at 10 power plants: spokesman
JOHANNESBURG - South African power utility Eskom said on Monday that it had less than 20 days of coal supplies at 10 of its...
Economist on union wage demands: unsustainable
Ayanda Mdluli JOHANNESBURG- While wage talks between South Africa’s power utility Eskom and unions are drawing to a close, some economists have raised concerns on...
Eskom ropes in CCMA to mediate wage talks
JOHANNESBURG, July 31 - Eskom said on Tuesday that it has requested the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) to intervene and facilitate the protracted...
Eskom workers down tools at some power stations
JOHANNESBURG - Workers at some of the state-owned utility Eskom's power stations have downed tools after an impasse over wages but supply has not...






