Eskom is expected to implement stage one rolling blackouts from 4pm Friday to midnight.Oberholzer says that Eskom management will work with the new board to ensure additional supply to the grid.
“The agricultural sector is extremely important for Eskom and we as Eskom understand what the impact of loadshedding is on the sector. We are going through a tough time and our system is not that reliable and predictable the way we want. I believe the risk of loadshedding remains for at least 12 to 18 months and this is unfortunately where we find ourselves.
Agri SA President Jaco Minnaar says they are deeply concerned about failing infrastructure and the current wage dispute at freight parastatal Transnet. Minnaar says it takes 92 hours to export agriculture produce from South Africa and the country has among the worst performing harbours in the world.“Energy supply constrains are creating difficulty worldwide but nowhere more so than in South Africa. Farmers are struggling to produce and irrigate, to process and manufacture their products. In the long term this will be detrimental not only to the farmers but also to food production, food supply and food security.
He must resign!