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FACTSHEET: Total grid collapse? Billions in losses? We answer 10 questions about load shedding in South Africa
Is South Africa approaching grid failure? We unpack what that would look like and what the government is doing to tackle the energy crisis.
2022 Sona promises: South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa zero for two on state utilities Eskom and Transnet
As president Cyril Ramaphosa prepares to deliver his state of the nation address for 2023, we look back at two promises made a year ago.
Overstaffing and billions in salaries? Fact-checking viral claims about South Africa’s power utility Eskom
Is it true that the ailing power utility is overstaffed by 66%, costing billions of rands in excess salaries?
Thousands of migrants have jobs in Eskom, Vodacom and South Africa’s government? No, viral message plain wrong
Harmful rumours about migrants from other African countries get attention on social media in South Africa.
LOCAL ELECTION FACTSHEET: Electricity in South Africa
We look at what the statistics reveal about grid electricity supply in our nine provinces, and how it has changed since 1994.
ANALYSIS: Can Eskom blame the ‘coldest winter in 10 years’ for load shedding?
Minimum temperatures were generally below normal for all winter months. But an analysis of temperature data does not show that South Africa ...