CAPE TOWN, South Africa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As South Africa grapples with the persistent issue of load-shedding, there's a new player in the energy sector offering a lifeline to households and ...

New generation capacity is needed due to South Africa’s ageing coal fleet and renewable energy is the “cheapest and quickest to deploy,” de Ruyter told an online event organised by Standard Bank.

Load-shedding, even under the best circumstances, and employing alternative power sources, are beginning to affect the viability and productivity within all businesses. “In the automotive retail ...

The Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of South Africa (Redisa) has called on government to pursue workable Waste-to-Energy (WTE) solutions as the new rounds of load shedding have had an ...

Power cuts in South Africa in recent weeks have, for many in the population, dropped from 12 to as little as two hours a day. But the country is “not out of the woods by any stretch of the imagination ...

Eskom has announced that South Africa has now reached 105 consecutive days without load-shedding, signalling sustained improvements in the performance of its generation fleet. In a statement on Friday ...

Sinovuyo Bhungane (R), 9, looks on as her studies are interrupted by her cousin Yonga, as she studies using candle light during load shedding in Soweto February 3, 2015. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko ...

Over the last two months, no fewer than six Soweto communities have complained of lengthy electricity cuts caused by infrastructure damage and cable theft. Communities across Soweto have staged ...

Sinovuyo Bhungane (R), 9, looks on as her studies are interrupted by her cousin Yonga, as she studies using candle light during load shedding in Soweto February 3, 2015. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko ...