South Africa’s power firm, Eskom, is exploring Bitcoin mining and AI data centers to convert excess energy into financial recovery tools.

Recently, the terms of a secretive contract between Eskom and one of its biggest customers were uncovered, revealing a discount of R10 billion annually, a cost that other customers are ultimately ...

Eskom explores supporting Bitcoin mining, AI, and data centres amid declining electricity sales and mounting debt challenges.

The latest data from Eskom shows that unplanned outages are consistently above 15,000 MW, the limit set out in their Winter Outlook 2025 that would lead to loadshedding. The power utility said last ...

News Direct payment to Eskom needs to improve! The utility also insisted that customers who did not pay their power bills must be cut off from electricity supply, and that ELM would have to ...

Exxaro Resources has launched a retrenchment process at its loss-making Leeuwpan mine in a bid to turn around operations.

Human rights activists have demanded the immediate arrest of machete-wielding thugs who violently attacked demonstrators, including Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI ...

Eskom calls on WC residents to unite against infrastructure theft & vandalism The call comes as some 70 residents in Belhar are still without power, after criminals vandalised substations in the area.

Eskom’s deepening financial crisis is increasingly weighing on the state’s fiscal health and has trapped the utility in a spiral of shrinking demand and lost revenue.

02 Sep 2024 (South African Government News Agency) Following the conclusion of Women's Month, President Cyril Ramaphosa has praised the leadership of Eskom and other state-owned entities for their ...

Banks sued for selling homes: Former homeowners are set to go to court in February 2026 for a R60 billion class action suit over homes allegedly unlawfully repossessed by banks. The properties ...