Clarens has emerged as South Africa’s inaugural smart town, pioneering the use of “load curtailment” to navigate the challenges posed by load-shedding. Eskom’s announcement heralds a transformative approach, allowing the town to autonomously manage its electricity load, offering a glimpse into a future where communities actively participate in ensuring uninterrupted power supply. ALSO READ:Legal setback … Read more
Eskom has emerged as a forerunner in innovative electricity management with its groundbreaking load-limiting initiative. Garnering positive feedback from its pilot in Fourways and Riverside View, Eskom is poised to extend this strategy nationwide by February 2024. ALSO READ: Get ready South Africa, the Basketball Africa League is coming to the Republic During Eskom’s rotational … Read more
South Africans are up in arms over an upcoming 2024 Eskom price hike, after the country had to endure its worst-ever year of load-shedding. 2023 shall be known as the year South Africa was plunged into darkness, after suffering a record 332 days of load-shedding. TRENDING: When must old-age pensioners reapply for SASSA Grants in … Read more
Reporting crime is serious business, and a report that’s made could stop a criminal act from happening – as well as making the correct authorities aware that there’s a need for investigation. Authorities like the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA), the South African Police Service (SAPS), and Eskom all have specific hotlines where reports … Read more
Eskom, South Africa’s state-owned electricity supplier, has announced a scheduled power supply interruption affecting customers in Ekurhuleni. The temporary outage is due to essential maintenance on the distribution network and is set to take place on Sunday, 14 January 2024, from 9:00 to 18:00. ALSO READ: Work opportunities for Western and Eastern Cape youth OPEN … Read more
Eskom is the country’s national electricity provider, though we all know that sometimes it just isn’t providing – and this has led to a condition of state that South Africans have come to call loadshedding. What should you do when power outages (or power surges) have caused financial losses? ALSO READ: Banks in SA: Where … Read more
