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Jun 11, 2025

Eskom blocks Traders from Virtual Wheeling, impeding market liberalisation progress.

In a presentation at an EE Business Intelligence webinar on 5 June 2025, Eskom announced that its Virtual Wheeling product launched about three months ago is not available to licenced electricity traders in South Africa. Mutenda Tshipala, Senior Manager: Strategy Development at Eskom Distribution, expressed his view that South Africa is and has been “acting recklessly” in its approach to electricity trading. 

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