'No end in sight': SA's grim winter starts with Stage 6 and may get worse | Business

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South Africa is entering peak electricity demand season with many key power plant units offline - including one at Koeberg. | News24_Business

In an ominous warning of things to come this winter, Stage 6 load shedding was implemented at the first sign of increased demand following the long weekend.

On Wednesday, Eskom ramped up power outages on the first day back to school after the April holiday. Almost half of Eskom's installed capacity is now offline due to unplanned breakdowns and maintenance. A breakdown at Medupi overnight worsened the situation on Thursday morning.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.

 

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_Business eskomsalaryshedding governmentsalaryshedding 40000 employee's average salary R65k R2600000000 Salary Bill a month Stage 6 loadshedding 45% no power so, let's take 50% R1300000000 of the salary bill pump it back into ESKOM BANG no more problems (scary numbers)

_Business The grid will collapse this winter

_Business Ag kak man Eskom is taking SA FOR A RIDE AL THEY DO IS LIE AND SABOTAGE SOME ONE IS GETTING PAID FOR ALL THIS LOADSHEDDING

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