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Fate of Eskom a priority for President Ramaphosa as power shortages roil economy
Rolling blackouts are throttling economic growth, says president
Pretoria has waived rules that prevented mining groups generating electricity for their own use
Party factions are pushing for Pravin Gordhan’s removal over crisis at state power utility
State utility Eskom removed power to stave off grid collapse
Eskom will remove 6,000 megawatts of demand to avert total collapse of national grid
Cyril Ramaphosa will be loath to take on the people who helped him to the ANC presidency
Cut signals rating agency’s concern that Ramaphosa government will fail to restart economy
Debt-ridden power monopoly sues acoountant over allegedly overpriced contracts
Power utility Eskom struggles to deal with plant breakdowns and debt crisis
New boss will have to turn round a stricken utility and handle political interference
Unemployment surges while state-owned Eskom suffers biggest annual loss
Further $4.2bn earmarked to rescue the electricity supplier from bankruptcy
More radical proposals urged to tackle threat of utility’s collapse
Ramaphosa under pressure as economic output drops sharply in first quarter
Treasury forced to prevent debt default at power monopoly after China loan delay
Plans to deal with severe outages and rising debt announced as elections loom
Power cuts cast a gloomy spell over the townships as the election nears
Fears grow that outages will continue into May as state utility struggles to fix old plants
President apologises to nation as outages hit industry, traffic and communications
Amid escalating debt and widespread blackouts, state power company Eskom could lose its century-old monopoly
Taxpayers still shoulder burden for salvaging Eskom despite above-inflation increase
Biggest government financial rescue in country’s history comes as rolling blackouts throttle economy
Eskom’s blackouts are part of a wider story of a country riddled with corruption
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