PERSPECTIVE: A city resident’s story highlights the harsh reality of rising electricity costs, rigid municipal policies, and the difficult choices struggling households face between survival and ...

Energy watch dogs and consumers fear they may have to scrape the bottom of the barrel to make ends meet and to keep the lights on.

Eskom has announced that it will implement Stage 3 loadshedding from 17:00 on January 31, after warning earlier in the day that there was a high risk of loadshedding. “This is a potentially ...

Power utility Eskom has issued a load shedding alert, warning of a high risk of outages this weekend—possibly up to stage 4. This follows more than 10 months of uninterrupted electricity supply.

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has dealt Eskom a significant blow by approving substantially lower tariff increases than the power utility had requested for the next three ...

The DA recognises the concerns and lack of trust among the South African public regarding Eskom's proposed R16 billion smart meter installation program. While we understand the need to recover at ...

This hardened security approach allows for authentication as well as confidentiality and integrity protection in each communication exchange between every pair of network devices – Smart meters, ...

In addition to the basic relay function to control the AC-powered appliances, it also acts as a power meter. This is a good ready-to-use option for Home Assistant enthusiasts who prefer not to ...

Eskom is asking the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) to allow for a widespread restructuring of electricity tariffs. The national electricity provider appeared before the ...

While load shedding is currently suspended, Eskom says it is dealing with network overloading issues in certain areas due to illegal connections, vandalism, meter tampering, unauthorised network ...

Picture: AFP CAPE TOWN - Eskom has its sights set on going a full year without load shedding. It's managed to keep the lights on for 300 consecutive days, a milestone last reached in June 2018.

Eskom says it is dealing with network overloading issues in certain areas due to illegal connections, vandalism, meter tampering, unauthorised network operations, theft of network equipment ...