Creamer Media's Energy Roundup is a monthly report providing a synopsis of energy-related news from South Africa. The April 2019 roundup covers activities in March 2019, and includes details of the recent round of rolling blackouts in South Africa; the National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s granting of a 13.82% tariff increase to State-owned power utility Eskom; and South African Energy Minister Jeff Radebe’s reported willingness to use his legislative powers to facilitate the introduction of private electricity alternatives that could reduce the threat of load-shedding by Eskom in the short to medium term.
The report is a summary of information published in Engineering News and Mining Weekly, as well as of information available in the public domain, and does not purport to provide an analysis of market trends.