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Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd - Strategic SWOT Analysis Review

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    SWOT Analysis

  • 47 Pages
  • January 2026
  • GlobalData
  • ID: 4429760
Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd - Strategic SWOT Analysis Review provides a comprehensive insight into the company’s history, corporate strategy, business structure and operations. The report contains a detailed SWOT analysis, information on the company’s key employees, key competitors and major products and services.

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Report Scope

  • Business description - A detailed description of the company’s operations and business divisions.
  • Corporate strategy - The analyst’s summarization of the company’s business strategy.
  • SWOT analysis - A detailed analysis of the company’s strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats.
  • Company history - Progression of key events associated with the company.
  • Major products and services - A list of major products, services and brands of the company.
  • Key competitors - A list of key competitors to the company.
  • Key employees - A list of the key executives of the company.
  • Executive biographies - A brief summary of the executives’ employment history.
  • Key operational heads - A list of personnel heading key departments/functions.
  • Important locations and subsidiaries - A list of key locations and subsidiaries of the company, including contact details.

Highlights

Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd (Eskom) is a state-owned electricity utility. The company is primarily involved in generating, transmitting, distributing, purchasing, and selling electricity. Eskom operates a range of power stations, including gas-fired plants, coal-fired stations, hydro and pumped storage power plants, and nuclear power plants, among others. The company supplies electricity to residential, industrial, mining, commercial, and agricultural customers, municipalities, households, and businesses. The company maintains a network of transmission power lines and underground cables. Through its subsidiary, the company also conducts repairs on transformers and turbines and offers specialized building and transport services. Eskom is headquartered in Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa.

Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd Key Recent Developments

  • Dec 09, 2025: Eskom Welcomes Ministerial Approval For The Next Stage Of Separation, Enabling More Efficient Service Delivery, Greater Competition, And Enhanced Policy And Investor Certainty To Drive Reindustrialisation And Economic Growth
  • Nov 05, 2025: Eskom Provides Update On Diesel Usage And System Performance
  • Oct 23, 2025: Keaton Mining secures coal supply agreement with Eskom
  • Sep 30, 2025: Eskom Confirms Commercial Operation of Kusile Unit 6

Reasons to Buy

  • Gain key insights into the company for academic or business research purposes. Key elements such as SWOT analysis and corporate strategy are incorporated in the profile to assist your academic or business research needs.
  • Identify potential customers and suppliers with this report’s analysis of the company’s business structure, operations, major products and services and business strategy.
  • Understand and respond to your competitors’ business structure and strategies with the analyst’s detailed SWOT analysis. In this, the company’s core strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats are analyzed, providing you with an up to date objective view of the company.
  • Examine potential investment and acquisition targets with this report’s detailed insight into the company’s strategic, business and operational performance.
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Table of Contents

Section 1 - About the Company
  • Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd - Key Facts
  • Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd - Key Employees
  • Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd - Key Employee Biographies
  • Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd - Major Products and Services
  • Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd - History
  • Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd - Company Statement
  • Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd - Locations And Subsidiaries
  • Head Office
  • Other Locations & Subsidiaries
Section 2 - Company Analysis
  • Company Overview
  • Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd - Business Description
  • Business Segment: All Other
  • Overview
  • Performance
  • Business Segment: Distribution
  • Overview
  • Performance
  • Key Stats
  • Business Segment: Generation
  • Overview
  • Performance
  • Key Stats
  • Business Segment: Transmission
  • Overview
  • Performance
  • Key Stats
  • Geographical Segment: Foreign Countries
  • Performance
  • Geographical Segment: South Africa
  • Performance
  • R&D Overview
  • Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd - Corporate Strategy
  • Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd - SWOT Analysis
  • SWOT Analysis - Overview
  • Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd - Strengths
  • Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd - Weaknesses
  • Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd - Opportunities
  • Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd - Threats
  • Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd - Key Competitors
Section 3 - Company’s Power Financial Deals and Alliances
  • Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd, Power, Deals By Year, 2020 to YTD 2026
  • Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd, Power, Deals By Type, 2020 to YTD 2026
  • Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd, Recent Deals Summary
Section 4 - Company’s Recent Developments
  • Dec 09, 2025: Eskom Welcomes Ministerial Approval For The Next Stage Of Separation, Enabling More Efficient Service Delivery, Greater Competition, And Enhanced Policy And Investor Certainty To Drive Reindustrialisation And Economic Growth
  • Nov 05, 2025: Eskom Provides Update On Diesel Usage And System Performance
  • Oct 23, 2025: Keaton Mining secures coal supply agreement with Eskom
  • Sep 30, 2025: Eskom Confirms Commercial Operation of Kusile Unit 6
  • Sep 17, 2025: Eskom and BYD Partner to Accelerate South Africa’s Electric Vehicle Future
  • Jun 11, 2025: Significant progress in Eastern Cape power restoration
  • May 21, 2025: Eskom to Research Green Hydrogen Production for Next-Generation Power Solutions
  • Mar 24, 2025: Eskom integrates Kusile's final unit, aiming for 2.5GW by 2025
  • Mar 02, 2025: Koeberg Unit 2 Safely Shuts Down after Unplanned Trip. Start-up Process Begins Following Safety Review
  • Feb 11, 2025: Eskom Extends Support for Small Solar Projects with Fee Exemptions Until 2026
Section 5 - Appendix
  • Methodology
  • About the Analyst
  • Contact the Publisher
  • Disclaimer
List of Tables
  • Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd, Key Facts
  • Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd, Key Employees
  • Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd, Key Employee Biographies
  • Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd, Major Products and Services
  • Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd, History
  • Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd, Subsidiaries
  • Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd, Key Competitors
  • Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd, Power, Deals By Year, 2020 to YTD 2026
  • Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd, Power, Deals By Type, 2020 to YTD 2026
  • Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd, Recent Deals Summary
List of Figures
  • Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd, Power, Deals By Year, 2020 to YTD 2026
  • Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd, Power, Deals by Type, 2020 to YTD 2026

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