Power cuts in the winter months ahead are unlikely if the present power saving trends continue, says Public Enterprises Minister Alec Erwin. 
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The new head of Business Unity SA, Brian Molefe, is "quite happy" about SA's electricity crisis.
Eskom has increased power exports since the start of 2008 while local distribution has fallen for the same period.
The DA says government must justify why electricity exports rose while power distributed to South Africa by Eskom has declined.
Scheduled power cuts remain a threat unless consumers further reduce demand, says Eskom.
With Eskom saying power cuts have come to an end for now, retailers are sitting with an oversupply of generators on shop floors.
SA's local government association has come out against the proposed 53% power hike saying that it will impact on municipal planning.
The current electricity crisis and the proposed huge jump in tariffs is a manifestation of a disaster in waiting, the ANC's secretary general Gwede Mantashe has warned.
Eskom is to suspend scheduled load shedding from Monday, May 5, says the utility's chief executive officer, Jacob Maroga.
If licence conditions have been transgressed, Eskom will have a lot to answer for ... "even a R2m fine per day", says Nersa.
Public hearings on Eskom's proposed 53% tariff hike will only take place in Pretoria, the National Energy Regulator of SA says.
East Rand residents have been left in the dark again after a cable failure occurred while power was being switched back on - after more than a week without power.
Power has been restored to Kempton Park on Gauteng's East Rand after just under seven days of darkness, says the Ekurhuleni municipality.
Eskom is in discussions with all the municipalities that have experienced fire blasts since power cuts began, the power utility says.
The government would get a R4bn boost in taxes if Eskom is allowed to increase its prices by a nominal 60%, reports say.
South Africans will be free of scheduled power cuts next week, says Eskom, because of the long weekend when demand will be lower.
The electricity crisis is affecting SA's economic growth, says economist Mike Schussler.
The energy crisis gripping South Africa is a turning point and government has a viable plan to deal with it, Jacob Zuma says.
The Kempton Park blackout is due to stresses on the network of being switched on and off during load shedding, says the Democratic Alliance.
