South Africa’s richest city pays Eskom R5.3 billion in overdue electricity debt
Eskom’s threat of cutting electricity supply to Johannesburg has finally been resolved.
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Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank | Chris Yelland | City Power | Death Spiral | electricity | Energy
R8.1 billion from China to fix electricity problems in South Africa’s largest cities
National Treasury said that the R8.1 billion loan from Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Development Bank is aimed at lowering electricity losses from 22% to 12% at South Africa’s largest cities.
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Fines between R6,000 and R30,000 looming for people with unregistered solar panels
Time is running out to benefit from waivers on rooftop solar power registration fees for Eskom Direct and Cape Town customers.
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Joburg’s big move to keep the lights on gets blocked
The City of Johannesburg’s mayor has said the metro will use its equitable share funding allocation from National Treasury to pay off its Eskom debt once it receives the money.
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R2,400 fee for people with solar panels on their roofs in a Gauteng municipality
AfriForum has demanded that the Municipality of Emfuleni explain why it wants to charge residents who use rooftop solar R463 per month and a R2,400 application fee.
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City of Johannesburg (CoJ) | City Power | Energy | Eskom | Kgosientso Ramokgopa | Promotion of Administrative Justice Act (PAJA)
Bad news for people who live in Johannesburg
Eskom announced that the Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality once again failed to meet its electricity payment obligations and faces rolling blackouts.
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Johannesburg’s electricity debt crisis
A new agreement has been brokered to embed Eskom engineers within City Power to reduce technical losses, improve billing accuracy, and ring-fence electricity, according to Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa.
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Eskom warns of power cuts to ‘defaulting’ City of Johannesburg
The power utility says CoJ and/or City Power currently owes an arrear debt of over R5.25bn, excluding the current account of a further R1.58bn due on 5 June 2026.
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Eskom threatens blackouts in South Africa’s richest city over R6.84-billion debt
Eskom has issued a notice that it intends to reduce, interrupt, or terminate electricity supply to certain bulk supply points in Johannesburg.
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city of joburg | City Power | electric car charging station | electric cars | electric vehicles (EVs) | Motoring
Good news about South Africa’s largest electric car charging station
City Power’s new state-of-the-art EV charging station will be open for use by the general public.