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Qualifying individuals and households have up until December 31 to register for free basic electricity (FBE). According to City Power spokesperson Isaac Mangena, under the FBE programme, disadvantaged ...

Just outside Belém, the Amazonian city where the world is meeting to discuss climate change, electricity is a very recent arrival. Just outside Belém, the Amazonian city where the world is meeting to ...

The deadline for Free Basic Electricity in 2026 for indigent households is fast approaching. According to City Power in Johannesburg, South Africa’s most populous province, registrations closes on 31 ...

City Power is calling on all customers currently receiving Free Basic Electricity (FBE) to check and renew their benefits to ensure they do not fall off the system. The utility company, in partnership ...

It sounds like a school experiment, but the potato battery still fascinates scientists and students alike. By inserting two different metals, such as a nail and a copper coin, into a potato, a small ...

Ever been stuck with a car that refuses to start or wipers that suddenly stop working? You’re not alone; electrical issues are one of the most frustrating problems that drivers face. But don’t worry, ...

South Africa’s energy and electricity minister says his department is reviewing the country’s Free Basic Electricity (FBE) framework to potentially quadruple free power allocations for poor households ...

Nearly 10 million households qualify for free basic electricity but Eskom says only two million benefit. Electricity power lines / iStock South Africa’s energy affordability crisis has taken another ...

Eskom Group Chief Executive Dan Marokane has revealed that while nearly 10 million households across South Africa are eligible for free basic electricity, only 2 million are actually receiving it.

Around 8 million households in South Africa qualify for free basic electricity (FBE) but are not receiving it, Eskom CEO Dan Marokane says. As a long-standing government policy, FBE provides 50 to ...