Eskom hou ons in die dark
UNDERPOWERED: Eskom sukkeling for krag.
Eskom postponed a media briefing scheduled on Monday for an update on its power kwale, due to an urgent meeting with President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Earlier in the day, Eskom issued a notice that a virtual meeting to update the country on system challenges was to take place at 5pm.
Eskom CEO André de Ruyter was due to provide an update.
However, just before 3.30pm, the sukkeling power utility said the briefing would not take place.
“Eskom has had to postpone this afternoon’s media briefing due to emergency engagements with the president. While we aim to hold the media briefing as soon as possible, the date and time can only be confirmed once meetings with the president are concluded,” Eskom spokesperson Sikhonathi Mantshantsha stated.
Unfortunately this afternoon’s media briefing is postponed due to emergency engagements with the President. A new date and time can only be confirmed once meetings with the President are concluded.
— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) January 16, 2023
In the meantime a power alert with regards to loadshedding will be published
He said Eskom would in the meantime publish a power alert with regards to the stages of load shedding. The latest developments come as the country is grappling with Stage 6 load shedding.
According to the utility, it was forced to implement a higher level of load shedding following the breakdown of 11 generators at Camden, Duvha, Grootvlei, Hendrina, Kendal, Kriel, Majuba and Matla stations, amounting to 5 084MW.
Load shedding is wreaking havoc with many businesses. In some areas, residents have complained their power did not return after load shedding.
Following an outage that lasted over 40 hours in Phoenix and other parts of Durban, the DA has requested an urgent meeting with the eThekwini Municipality head of electricity Maxwell Mthembu, the deputy city manager for Trading Services, Sbusisio Makhanya, and the city manager, Musa Mbhele.