National Heritage-Braai Day
The aim of The National Braai Day initiative is to position National Heritage Day as South Africa’s annual day of celebration. Click here for more.
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NERSA’s Three Year Tariff Price Hike plan
NERSA, recently announced that the tariff price of electricity will be increased by 22.71% over the next three years. Click here for more.
7 things new Eskom CEO should focus on
Earlier this year, former Eskom CEO, Phakamani Hadebe stepped down as CEO citing extremely difficult and unimaginable demands Click here for more.
Climate Change taking it’s toll on market
Everywhere, across the globe one can begin to see the effects of climate change, specifically with regards to weather patterns. Click here for more.
City Power Cyber Virus Attack
This morning, the city of Johannesburg was hit with a computer virus which resulted in a blackout to its internet technology system. Click here for more.
Planned electricity interruption to Hout Bay
On Saturday, 20th of July an upgrade of the infrastructure to Hout Bay harbour and surrounding areas has been planned. Click here for more.
SONA: Special Funding announced to save Eskom
Last night, President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered his state of the nation address. This year's SONA was the President's second. Click here for more.
City of Tshwane tariff increases for July 2019
In this article, we now focus on our residents who currently reside in City of Tshwane, who will also, like everyone else be largely... Click here for more.
eThekwini tariff increase for July 2019
In this article we focus in on residents in the eThekwini municipality and how this affects them. We will have a look at what exactly will.. Click here for more.
Utility Increases – Comparing Top 3 Cities
Major cities around South Africa has tabled their budgets. We compare 3 of South Africa's biggest cities in terms of expected increases.. Click here for more.
“We can’t be sued” – Eskom vs class action suit
Eskom has seeked legal advice in response to news that it will be faced by a class action lawsuit by law firm, De Beers attorneys. Click here for more.
Eskom Annual Price Increase 2019/20
Eskom has been approved an average annual increase for it's Eskom direct customers as well as municipal clients effective a of 1 April 2019 Click here for more.
How Tropical Storm Idai assisted nationwide Powercuts
The storm has had devastating consequences for South Africa as well. Although not deadly, the storm knocked down electricity and network... Click here for more.
High Risk of Load-shedding-Eskom
We have not had instances of load-shedding since the state-owned power utility systematically switched off our lights in mid February. Click here for more.
Eskom to receive conditional support – Mboweni
The annual budget speech, tabled by finance minister Tito Mboweni in parliament yesterday, made an announcement about support for the... Click here for more.
A story of Success born out of Eskom’s failure
The situation at Eskom seem to be hitting new lows every other week. The past two weeks has seen the energy utility reintroduce the publi... Click here for more.
Stage 2 load-shedding warning!
Eskom has said that stage 2 load-shedding will be implemented as of Sunday, 10th of February, from 1pm to 10pm. Click here for more.
SA’s TID Rollover
Approximately seven million prepaid electricity meters in South Africa need to be reset before November 2024 as the system that runs... Click here for more.
Not out of the woods yet – Mid month Load shedding
The situation has been relieved slightly due to the powercuts although it might make a comeback after mid-Jan, with many factories and busi.. Click here for more.
Public’s Plea to Eskom – NERSA Public Hearings
NERSA have begun their annual public hearings recently which will run over three weeks... Click here for more.
New Solar Plant To Provide Energy to 100 000 Households
A new solar power plant has recently been launched in the Northern Cape, close to Upington. It is said that this plant would be able to... Click here for more.
Eskom Load-shedding Concerns
This past Sunday, Eskom has had to implement stage 1 rotational load-shedding.. Click here for more.
Eskom feels it’s entitled to a 90% tariff hike
According energy analyst, Ted Blom, the state-owned enterprise Eskom feels that they are entitled to hike fees by.. Click here for more.
Main points from the mid-term budget speech
In case you have missed the important mid-term budget speech yesterday, here is a short recap of some important points to take note of: Click here for more.
The Paygenius Wallet
The Paygenius wallet is a virtual wallet available as a payment method on your Powertime account. Click here for more.
Load Shedding Update!
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