De Ruyter

Eskom spent just under R7bn on diesel to run its emergency generation plants in the last financial year and about R3.5bn on independent power producers (IPPs) and generators. And for the past 21 days of April, the new financial year,…

Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter says the current round of rolling blackouts will ease this week – but the power utility has conceded that load-shedding will not go away. “Load-shedding is a phenomenon that has unfortunately been part of SA for…