Eskom’s ability to meet demand was a problem even before violence and vandalism reached current levels. Moneyweb Loadshedding
On a late Thursday afternoon last November, in the midst of rolling blackouts implemented by South Africa’s state-owned electricity company, a contractor at a power station in the eastern Mpumalanga province pulled a plug connected to one of the site’s main generation units. The unit subsequently broke down, ensuring yet another day of nationwide outages.
” It also warned, “guards are likely to lose their lives while safeguarding Eskom.” Not even the roughly R3.2 billion that Eskom spends annually on private security has been enough to keep things under control. Soldiers from the South African National Defence Force were deployed at some of the company’s coal stations last year as blackouts became more frequent.
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