South Africa Blacklists Just 18 of 509 Suppliers
South Africa has barred just 18 of 509 firms and people flagged by corruption investigators a year ago. The other...
October 2, 2026Topic
Eskom
South Africa’s power utility cuts diesel bill 80% as blackouts stay away
South Africa's state power utility cut its emergency diesel bill 80% this year, to about US$71 million, after 497 days...
September 29, 2026
South Africa’s Isibaya Fund Lost US$1.1 Billion
South Africa’s PIC lost about US$1.1 billion (R18.2bn) of GEPF pension money on 23 unlisted Isibaya deals. What the parliamentary...
September 21, 2026
Zimbabwe Power Utility ZESA Hires Former Eskom Operations Chief
Zimbabwe folded its three state power companies into ZESA and hired former Eskom operations chief Jan Albert Oberholzer, with a...
September 16, 2026
South African Rights Groups Want the Data Centre Boom Paused
South Africa data centres face a call for a construction pause, after the rights commission took more than 250 submissions...
September 6, 2026
South Africa’s Eskom Doubled Its Annual Profit to US$1.88 Billion While Selling Less Power
Eskom's annual profit more than doubled to R30.3 billion (US$1.88 billion) while sales fell 6.2%. Municipal arrears rose 17.9% to...
September 2, 2026
Eskom’s Best Grid Year in Six Comes With a US$187 Million Caveat
Eskom diesel spending fell 82.38% to R1.04 billion this financial year, even as the utility conceded R3 billion in payments...
August 29, 2026
ANC Campaigns on Power and Water It Has Not Fixed
South Africa votes on 4 November. The governing party is running on services it has not delivered, while municipalities owe...
August 24, 2026
South Africa Has Wind But No Wires to Carry It
South Africa's gazetted energy plan needs 14,500 km of new power lines and R2.2 trillion, about US$137 billion, of investment...
August 24, 2026