Legal challenge filed against Eskom, Nersa, ministers and president over load-shedding and tariff hike: Opposition parties, union will be heading to the Pretoria high court court on February 28
and the government as a whole meet certain demands by January 20, failing which they would launch a constitutional challenge with regard to ongoing load-shedding.
“Frequent blackouts also affect medical equipment — as health equipment has been upgraded and requires an uninterrupted power source, they get damaged as continuous power cuts occur. He added that municipalities were battling rampant cable theft, with instances drastically increasing over the festive period because of load-shedding.
The EAF is the percentage of Eskom’s generation capacity that’s available, compared to its overall installed generation capacity.
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