I think all of those who attended IPL night matches during the early stages of winter in South Africa had a nagging suspicion in the back of their minds that there may be power outages or electricity interruption during the matches. Well, we were pleased to learn how seriously the Southern African region is taking the power supply issue and of course bearing in mind the massive spinoff for the whole region should South Africa successfully hold...

The proposed 34% electricity increase has been met with some strong words from business leaders saying that increases at this level could very well see a return to increasing interest rates which, in an economy which is in desperate need of some positive impetus could be catastrophic. Eskm are defending their position on the basis that their capacity is dwindling and there is a desperate shortage in the power generation area and that the only...

Yesterday the minister warned that Eskom was going into it’s summer repairs and maintenance phase and warned that there was a possibility of further electricity cuts. The indication is that they have last years experiences of unscheduled blackouts to learn from and make attempts not to have a repeat. Last night on 567 Cape Talk I listened with interest to well known economist Chris Hart saying that The infrastructure, electrical, rods and...