* *Parliamentary committee discusses state capture of Eskom* * “Parliament is listening to the people,” says Ben Theron, OUTA Chief Operating Officer....
* *Eskom results: Very captured and full of holes* * “Not only have the results been prepared and signed off by the Gupta-appointed and captured CFO, ...
* *Join OUTA on Friday to oppose Eskom's secrecy application* * “NERSA is holding a public hearing on Eskom’s secrecy application on Friday and we urg...
* *Ben Ngubane faces criminal charges* * OUTA has investigated Ngubane on a variety of matters arising from his tenure on the boards of Eskom and the...
* *Bigger challenges ahead for civil society to fight electricity price hikes* * While OUTA agrees somewhat to the court ruling that it is NERSA’s rol...
* *No, no, no and no to tariff hikes - 24 times* * All the municipalities’ requests for higher-than-standard electricity price increases should be ref...
* *Molefe's reappointment at Eskom is a farce and will be challenged* * As far as we understand, Mr Molefe had resigned as the CEO for the sake of goo...
* *OUTA welcomes NERSA ruling on electricity tariff increase* * Besides the municipalities of Cape Town, Midvaal, Saldanha Bay, and Johannesburg’s Cit...
* *OUTA commends Minister Brown's cancellation of Molefe bonus* * “Ms Brown's reasons to decline the exorbitant payout make sense, as the board's moti...
* *OUTA trips Eskom’s predatory tariff hike* * Eskom had argued for the new higher tariff in order to encourage consumers to reduce consumption on day...
* *OUTA aims to unbundle Eskom * * The complaint is based on Eskom’s abuse of its dominant position in the electricity market and its exclusionary a...
* *Dentons Report incomplete, full judicial commission needed * * “South Africans deserve to know what caused the near collapse of the power entity ...
* *OUTA commends NERSA's 2.2% cap on Eskom tariff and urges more action* * “We are appalled that Eskom has cited current ‘hardships’ as the reason for...
* *OUTA seeks extension on comment period for critical energy gazette** * * OUTA not only questions the timing of the New Energy Efficiency gazette, b...
* *Eskom's nuclear arrogance will be challenged* * The case, brought by Earth Life Africa (ELA) and the South African Faith Communities Environmental ...
* *OUTA objects to flawed energy IRP public engagement process** * * While the Department of Energy (DOE) have given notice of the presentations to th...
* *Eskom downgrade - OUTA calls for full forensic audit* * Further to several institutions having signaled their concerns with Eskom’s improprieties, ...
* *OUTA to fight for rational energy plan* * The latter has been six years in the making and four years late, and comes at a time when profound questi...
* *No nuclear until wide consultation on IRP** * * “An updated IRP is extremely welcome as the current plan is long overdue,” says Wayne Duvenage, OUT...
* *Nearly-missed opportunity for public to comment on stealth nuclear gazette* * This is a dubious move, as in law, if the public fail to comment on a...
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