Union disagrees with electricity minister and lays blame for the energy crisis on fraud at Eskom
Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa addresses employees during a visit to the Lethabo coal-fired power station in Vereeniging on March 23, 2023. Picture: LEON SADIKI/BLOOMBERG
“Now that I am with you we are going to expunge these elements because the vast majority of us are honest and we want to resolve this problem,” he said. irregularities at Tutuka, one of the worst performing, are associated with production delays including theTutuka had an energy availability factor of 15% to 17% during his visit but has, however, increased its EAF to 59%, Ramokgopa told workers at Medupi.
Market watchers have flagged the crisis as one of the major factors denting SA’s economic prospects with industry bodies in various sectors of the economy — including tourism, mining, agriculture and manufacturing — warning previously that they are under terrible strain with more frequent and lengthy blackouts.
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