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    Omanyano ovanhu koikundaneki yomalungula kashili paveta, Commisiner Sakaria takunghilile Veronika Haulenga

Energy Crisis

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South Africa

GOOD Party Criticizes Eskom’s Tariff Hike

The GOOD Party says it is unfair to continue asking consumers to pay more without addressing the entire system’s inefficiencies. GOOD’s secretary-general, Brett Herron, says a combination of Eskom’s inability to manage its operations, Nersa’s failure to assist the power utility, and unregulated municipal surcharges, places electricity provision in South Africa fundamentally at odds with the aspirations of the developmental state:  

todayNovember 20, 2024 8

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Build One South Africa Warns Eskom’s 36% Tariff Hike Could Endanger Low-Income Households

  Build One South Africa says Eskom’s proposed 36-percent electricity tariff increase could force low-income households to turn to unsafe energy alternatives, putting their health and safety at risk. The party has deployed representatives to energy regulator, Nersa’s public hearings nationwide to express their opposition to the increase. BOSA spokesperson, Roger Solomons, argues the tariff increase will exacerbate inequality and threaten the survival of small businesses:  

todayNovember 20, 2024 3

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DA Submits 200,000 Signatures Protesting Eskom’s 40% Tariff Hike

To South Africa, where the DA's leader in Gauteng, Solly Msimanga, submitted over 200-thousand signatures to energy regulator NERSA in Pretoria, opposing Eskom's proposed 40-percent electricity tariff hike. Hundreds joined the DA’s protest, demanding affordable and reliable power. Msimanga called for public participation as NERSA opens hearings. He also emphasised accountability and relief amid South Africa's energy and cost-of-living crisis:  

todayNovember 15, 2024 18

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Africa

Nigeria’s National Grid Experiences Ninth Collapse of the Year

On Tuesday, Nigeria’s national grid suffered a partial collapse, leading to widespread power outages. According to Reuters, the Transmission Company of Nigeria reported that a disturbance at 12:52 GMT, triggered by line and generator trips, destabilized the system. Although power was restored in areas like Abuja, outages continued in other parts of the country.

todayNovember 6, 2024 7

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South Africa’s electricity crisis: a series of failures over 30 years have left a dim legacy

      By Mark Swilling, Stellenbosch University   In 1994, apartheid ended and the African National Congress (ANC) won South Africa’s first ever democratic elections, promising “Electricity for All” as part of its Reconstruction and Development Programme. Back then only 36% of all South Africans had electricity in their homes. The development programme promised to double that number by electrifying an additional 2.5 million homes by 2000. This seemed […]

todayApril 19, 2024 19

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Ghana’s electricity crisis is holding the country back – how it got here

The Akosombo Dam is an important source of power in Ghana. jbdodane/Flickr, CC BY Naaborle Sackeyfio, Miami University For well over a decade Ghana was exalted as one of the most promising and fastest growing economies on the continent. But recent reports of the country’s steep economic dip, high inflation and rolling blackouts, popularly referred to as “dumsor”, suggest the era of inconsistent electricity between 2012 and 2016 is back. […]

todayJanuary 10, 2024 8

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