African Development Bank report over the last decade
Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, the President of the African Development Bank Group, bid farewell to Heads of State and Government at the 38th African Union Summit, in Addis Ababa. Here…
Urban Africa Shift
The UrbanShift Africa Forum promises to bring together stakeholders from African countries, to discuss planning, sustainable investment, and climate action. Participants will come from Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali,…
Electricity outage in parts of Johannesburg
Residents of Bertram, Kensington, Fairview, Malvern, Troyville and surrounding areas, woke up without electricity supply on Monday morning, the 17th February 2025. About 2,600 calls were logged into City Power’s…
Power restored at Vereeniging Plant but pumping to take a few hours
A power outage at the Lethabo Raw Water Pumping Station on Sunday morning, hampered water supply from the Vereeniging Water Purification Plant. Rand Water said yesterday, Eskom technicians identified damaged…
Parts of Summerstrand & Arlington without electricity
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has attributed a power outage in most areas in Summerstrand and Arlington to a trip of a 132kV circuit breaker at the Chelsea-Arlington substation. As…
Eskom appoints specialized forensic expertise
Eskom has established a Group Investigations and Security division, its own forensic, security, and investigative arm. This division will report directly to the Group Chief Executive. In addition, Eskom said…
City Power commits to reviewing tariffs for business
City Power has assured business in Johannesburg that it is reviewing annual electricity tariffs. In addition, the local power utility is exploring the electric vehicle market, to expand its business…
6 workers of a City Power contractor arrested for cable theft
6 workers employed by a contractor of City Power, at the Observatory Substation in the Inner City Service Delivery Centre (SDC), were arrested for cable theft related charges, on Tuesday,…
Call to register small embedded generators
Eskom has kickstarted its campaign to encourage registration and compliance, for households using Small-Scale Embedded Generators (SSEG). Eskom’s Daphne Mokwena, said residential customers with unregistered SSEG installations up to 50kW…
Navigating South Africa’s Economic Landscape in 2025
This article was written by Dr. Nicolene Hamman, Economist at the Coega Development Corporation. South Africa finds itself at crossroads, grappling with a myriad of economic challenges that could shape…