DA blames Gordhan and De Ruyter as load-shedding continues
The official opposition has accused the public enterprises minister and Eskom CEO of being responsible for the long-standing energy crisis
Eskom has ramped up lengthy national blackouts to stage 4 for two additional days, until Friday, as it continues to lead SA’s energy crisis that has dampened business confidence as well as output and contributed to a 0.7% contraction of the economy in the second quarter.
Stage 4 load-shedding (equal to 4,000MW dropped from the grid) was initially scheduled to have been suspended on Thursday, but further breakdowns and the need to replenish emergency generation reserves forced it to extend the deeper power cuts until at least Saturday when it hopes to revert to stage 2 load-shedding (2,000MW dropped from the grid)...
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