Eskom’s reliance on load reduction as a cover for load-shedding, instead of fixing overloaded substations and incentivising alternative energy solutions, is prolonging South Africa’s power ...

Chinese start-up DeepSeek recently displaced ChatGPT as the top-ranking artificial intelligence app, in part by dazzling the public with a free version of the hottest idea in AI — a chatbot that ...

DeepSeek’s entry into the AI chatbot market is pushing established leaders to step up their game if they want to retain their foothold; that means users will benefit from better, less expensive ...

Despite the City of Johannesburg’s power utility, City Power, suspending load reduction indefinitely, load reduction remains in effect for areas serviced directly by Eskom. On Monday afternoon ...

DeepSeek, a Chinese AI chatbot that made headlines late last month for rivalling ChatGPT, has been banned from all federal government devices. According to the government, the decision follows ...

Eskom has issued a stern warning to homeowners with rooftop solar systems, stating that all installations must be registered with the utility or risk being deemed illegal—a process that could be ...

"The optics looks really bad that it happens to be on the day that Eskom got the news that they're only going to get a third of their requested increase," he said.

Tumbling stock market values and wild claims have accompanied the release of a new AI chatbot by a small Chinese company. What makes it so different? The release of China's new DeepSeek AI-powered ...

After having operated South Africa’s electricity system without resorting to rotational power cuts for 310 days, Eskom declared Stage 3 loadshedding at 17:00 on January 31, after the loss of 3 ...

Less than a day after Nersa ruled against Eskom’s request for a 36% hike in power tariffs the electricity utility has issued a warning to South Africans that there is a “high chance” of load ...

Energy regulator Nersa cut deep into Eskom’s application for a 36% tariff increase on 1 April, 11.81% in the next year and 9.1% in 2027/28 that had domestic and commercial consumers up in arms.

State-owned utility Eskom and consultancy PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) have reached a settlement in a High Court case initiated by the utility in 2021. The case was aimed at setting aside a cost ...