“It has nothing to do with the EFF. It [was] a one-off protest,” said electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa.
“To get to a stage where people find it very strange to have electricity for a day or two days in succession emphasises or underscores the gravity of the [energy crisis] problem,” said Ramokgopa.
“Our interventions on resolving load-shedding don't start with the minister of electricity. The energy action plan has been there, all that we are doing is accelerating it and of course, we can see that six power stations are beginning to pick [up and] the energy availability factor is going up.”According to the power utility, over the past week six coal-fired power stations achieved an energy availability factor of 70%, a milestone it said was last achieved in May 2022.
Three of the power stations, Camden, Duvha and Matla, have been on a sustained upward trend as a result of a reduction of plant breakdowns and the return to service of a number of units that were on unplanned breakdowns. It said the other three, Lethabo, Matimba and Medupi, have been experiencing continued improvements and remain among its three best-performing power stations.
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