Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has blamed ramped-up Eskom's maintenance for the devastating Stage 6 load shedding.
South Africa has experienced higher stages of load shedding since the State of the Nation Address on Thursday.Ramokgopa held a media briefing on Sunday, accompanied by Eskom’s head of generation Bheki Nxumalo.“ 4 400 megawatts were taken out due to boiler tube leaks on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Essentially we had nine units contributing the 400 400 and these are big units. Each one is contributing over 600 MW.“Of these nine units, two have come back.
“I made a point that the inherent risk in this strategy is exactly that… the risk materialising and the intensification of load shedding. But the returns will be seen over a period time that’s the point I am making,” he said.“We’ve taken calculated risks. I said before that we won’t cut corners in our efforts to reduce load shedding.
The minister pointed out that the majority of Eskom employees were competent, hardworking and dedicated to ending load-shedding. “I leave that to management, if that would require an investigation, Nxumalo will do that, I won’t enter that terrain of management.
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