Party’s shadow minister of public enterprises says the utility has ‘proved beyond any doubt it is not able to solve the 14-year-old load-shedding crisis’
The DA says Eskom must be declared a state of disaster for failing to prevent the ongoing load-shedding. File imageThe DA says Eskom must be declared a state of disaster for failing to prevent load-shedding.
The power utility said its group CEO, André de Ruyter, will hold a media briefing at which Eskom’s management team will provide an update on the current system challenges. “The entity’s old generation fleet is on life support and is constantly tripping, resulting in power outages being announced at short and debilitating notice“It is now high time that our demands are addressed. The dire situation in KwaZulu-Natal is being compounded by electricity supply issues which affect the ability, inter alia, to pump much-needed water supplies. People are dying, businesses will die, ports are closed and the country will grind to a halt,” said Cachalia.
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