Eskom has announced that Stage 4 load shedding will be implemented continuously until further notice.
Eskom says the document in question was for internal discussion and there were no retrenchment plans in place.Breather from Stage 4 load shedding from Saturday A generating unit each at Duvha, Grootvlei and three units at Kriel power stations have suffered breakdowns, meanwhile.27 January 13:35The stand-off between Eskom and the National Treasury over funding for diesel has ended with an agreement that government will support Eskom borrowing from commercial banks, should it be unable to reprioritise its own resources.
The electricity crunch is hurting South African industry and agriculture and blackouts are expected for at least two more years, threatening output in Africa’s most industrialised economy. It’s yet another headache for major mining companies such as Anglo American Platinum Ltd., Sibanye Stillwater Ltd. and Impala who have found it increasingly harder to run deep and ageing shafts.
The Agreement for Cooperation in Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy between the US and South Africa expired on December 4. That resulted in Westinghouse Electric losing its licence from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission to export fuel-assembly components to Eskom’s Koeberg plant near Cape Town.
It is not normal for families to light their homes with an assortment of power banks, inverters, and torches. It is not normal for people to have to check a cellphone app every hour to see when, or whether, they will have power that day. It is not normal for hospitals, schools and other critical services to be permanently distracted and dictated to by a predictably unpredictable electricity supply.
Speaking to News24 on Wednesday, Schutte said this diesel cost was over and above the R200 million the company would have spent on electricity generating capacity over the past six months and until March 2023.Mantashe: Shorter contracts should get Karpowerships past the finish line Stages 4 and 5 load shedding will be implemented from 05:00 on Thursday morning until Sunday afternoon after the breakdown of a generating unit each at Camden, Kendal, Lethabo and Majuba power stations over the past 24 hours, Eskom said on Wednesday afternoon.
As of Wednesday, the city's debt had compounded to"a bulky R1.4 billion" due to its"short payment and non-payments spanning several months in the recent past", Eskom said in a statement. The application also seeks to prevent Eskom from implementing a 18.65% tariff hike approved by the regulator, while also holding political leaders to account for their failure to help keep the lights and compelling them to produce a plan to mitigate the power crisis.
So that we can be back to stage SIES!! on monday
Tell them fuseg🤔
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Do they want a Thank You? This useless entity thinks that we owe them gratitude for not supplying us what we already pay for! You don’t even supply power consistently, yet you bill the residents like you have provided consistent power for the month! 2024 can’t come soon enough!
So they planning. That’s a good sign. Let’s wait and see what happens this weekend .
Send Cyril home
Are we supposed to celebrate?
Lol, as if that will last
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