‘It's a sad reality, and I'm the last person to lose hope’ — Tbo Touch reacts to stage 6 load-shedding

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'I dont see my company functioning under stage 6. It's a serious struggle for SMMEs'

Metro FM DJ Tbo Touch said as a businessman he was losing all hope in Mzansi as rolling blackouts in the country were escalated.The power utility said 11 generating units amounting to 5,084MW of capacity had suffered breakdowns since Tuesday morning.

Taking to his Twitter timeline after the announcement, the businessman said these power cuts would lead to job losses. “I don't see my company functioning under stage 6. It's a serious struggle for SMMEs. I can't keep up at all! What must happen now? We are headed for even more job losses. Sad reality and I'm the last person to lose hope but I can't see us surviving this one,” he wrote.

I don't see my company functioning under stage 6 it's a serious struggle for SMMEs. I can't keep up at all! What must happen now? We are headed for even more job losses. Sad reality and I'm the last person to lose hope but I can't see us surviving this 1.“This stage 6 load-shedding it's an economic lockdown.

In the guide to the load-shedding process, Eskom said in the event the grid collapses, there would be a total blackout which would leave the entire country without power for “a few weeks” as it recovers.Hhay no, stage 6 is real 🥲💔

 

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But the silence of big business is astounding.

Namibia here we come

I am a farmer doing poultry & fresh produce, last year August I had to suspend my poultry side of things because of loadshedding, now I am struggling with my crops that I am irrigating, I have a dam that i fill and from the same dam I am supposed to irrigate, it's a nightmare

So we need him to say so then President will react.

renewal

I was hearing his voice while reading it...

American wanna be ayyyy this guy

Eish this is a crisis

Problem is, say 6 months before elections ANC is going to butter up everything so sweetly and everyone will once again fall for it.. No loadshedding promises, Jobs, housing, water etc...

The people voted for the MYANC and now they get what they deserve. A bunch of corrupt negligent politicians. The quickest way to get come back from the stone age is to vote them out.

This guy...

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