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10/11/2025

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18/05/2023

25/03/2023

Energy analyst Clyde Mallinson has warned of further electricity price increases due to Eskom having to cover the cost of increasing theft and wasteful expenditure.

10/01/2023

The CSIR and Intellidex have warned that South Africa’s power capacity problems extend beyond Eskom’s power plants — the power grid itself needs a massive upgrade.

09/12/2022

https://mybroadband.co.za/news/energy/473209-most-affordable-backup-power-systems-for-surviving-stage-6-load-shedding.html?utm_source=newsletter

Here are some of the most affordable power trolleys and high-capacity portable power stations that can power some of your essential home appliances through stage 6 load-shedding.

30/10/2022

https://www.pcmag.com/news/ev-batteries-101-degradation-lifespan-warranties-and-more?utm_source=email&utm_campaign=tipstrickshowto&zdee=gAAAAABjNL9PU5Qp-rU8y-DCQPDUWsRRAEympgCXdSSRBZsJ1IYQWSEyy1TjeTzKq2km9-efLhPowJIN8EOP0QRbGOM-EuoYxHfIzxI7F5SkvYvgVW5tKP0%3D

All new electric vehicles sold in the US come with at least an 8-year/100,000-mile battery warranty. But how long do EV batteries actually last and what happens when they die?

18/10/2022

https://dailyinvestor.com/business/4065/eskom-is-falling-apart-the-private-sector-will-have-to-provide-electricity/?utm_source=newsletter

Eskom is bankrupt and cannot be saved. The private sector will have to provide electricity in South Africa – Dawie Roodt.

17/10/2022

https://mybroadband.co.za/news/government/464733-why-south-african-ministers-get-limitless-free-electricity-and-water.html?utm_source=newsletter

Minister in the presidency, Mondli Gungubele, has defended a recent change to the ministerial handbook which allows ministers and their deputies to get limitless free electricity and water, while the DA is challenging the legality of the handbook in its entirety.

17/10/2022

Eskom spent R680 billion to build new power stations and increase generation capacity, but after this investment produced less power than when it started.

17/10/2022

This is what load-shedding will look like for the first part of the coming week.

17/10/2022

https://mybroadband.co.za/news/investing/464689-south-africas-electricity-mess-in-two-charts.html?utm_source=newsletter

More generating units at Eskom power plants are breaking down more frequently, and the power utility appears unable to reverse the trend.

16/10/2022

https://businesstech.co.za/news/energy/634611/some-south-africans-get-an-extra-hour-of-load-shedding-heres-why/?utm_source=newsletter

With stage 2 load shedding making an unwelcome return on Saturday after just 14 hours of relief, many South Africans across the country will be pulling out the candles and loading up their generators with diesel for who knows how long.