Electricity

Illegal connections to blame for leaving learners in the dark, says Eskom

Staff of Bloekombos High School make photocopies at neighbouring schools for exams

Philippi community and City seek ways to end no-go zone status

Residents hold meeting while City launches specialised policing units to protect its workers and infrastructure

Ward councillor’s office torched in Kariega protest

Parts of KwaNobuhle without electricity since Friday

Family of man shot by police in Philippi say they waited five hours for an ambulance

Mhlangabezi Skeyi was shot while trying to connect electricity illegaly

Nelson Mandela Bay mayor suspects cable theft as “an act of sabotage”

Power was restored on Monday night to about 50,000 residents following days without electricity

No water, electricity or toilets for 280 families in Khayelitsha informal settlement

Residents say they have lived without basic services for three years

Seshego community march in Polokwane to end inconsistent water supply and power outages

Polokwane Municipality says a budget of R52-million has been set aside to complete the Seshego Water Treatment Works

Learners march to Eskom as school has been without electricity for several months

SGB says that illegal connections are to blame for the outage

Ladysmith substation repair could take up to two months to complete

Some areas of the town suffered a nine-day power outage

Will a State of Disaster fix the electricity crisis? An engineer weighs in

There are good reasons to be sceptical

This hospital’s generator has been broken for weeks, but the Eastern Cape health department says it doesn’t matter

Kareedouw Hospital has no backup generator during loadshedding

Protesters block main road in Cape Town, demanding electricity

“Councillors fool us during election campaigns”

Loadshedding: here are your options

Give us electricity or move us, says Mamelodi community

Most residents at Phomolong informal settlement rely on illegal connections

“We’re losing big time”- businesses crippled by Eskom blackouts

Reduced income and extra costs are hurting local enterprise

Unrest erupts in Queenstown over blackouts

ANC supporters form human barrier to protect the party’s offices