Collin Matjila has been appointed as the acting Chief Executive Officer of Eskom as of 1 April 2014, the electricity utility said.
Eskom CEO Brian Dames says the country's power system remains "vulnerable" but unplanned outages will reduce going into winter.
South Africa's construction industry is not out of the woods yet, despite data pointing to an upward trend.
Eskom has declared a power emergency, with the company saying that load shedding might take place if the need arises.
Eskom on Thursday declared an electricity emergency and asked its industrial customers to reduce their load by 10% as of this afternoon.
The Green Building Council of South Africa is the winner in the Community Category of this year's Eskom eta Awards for their Green Street initiative in Cato Manor, Durban.
The Department of Energy has introduced more measures that will incentivise companies to watch their electricity consumption.
Construction has begun on the R24-billion Savanna City lifestyle housing development situated near Orange Farm, 35km outside of Johannesburg.
City Power MD Sicelo Xulu brushes aside doubts that smart metering will solve Johannesburg’s problem of billing estimates, saying the utility will continue to invest in new technologies to reduce inefficiencies.
The South African Property Owners Association (SAPOA) welcomes the approval by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) of the 8% annual increase for electricity.
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