As a result of decades worth of BBBEE, systemic corruption, wholesale plunder, bad management and lack of maintenance, the consumer is once paying the price, as Eskom has had to suddenly start load shedding again, as of Sunday, when they introduced it with phase 2, to supposedly last until Tuesday night, if everything goes according to plan.
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Eskom Suddenly Implements Phase 2 Rolling Blackouts, Because You Never Know When Unmaintained Machinery will Fail!
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Eskom’s #RollingBlackouts Schedule Collapses into Chaos Leaving Traffic Lights Dead in Rush Hour Despite Promises!
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Eskom’s rolling blackout load shedding system, and its published schedules, have completely collapsed, causing so much chaos that no one is sure anymore when load shedding will be applied in a particular area, further exacerbating the energy crisis.
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Electricity-supply crisis is looming in South Africa that could make intermittent outages in the past few months seem trivial by comparison – Eskom shuts ageing plants
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Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., which supplies almost all the nation’s power, will lose more than a quarter of its current generating capacity over the next decade as it shuts ageing coal-fired plants. Replacing that output and adding capacity needed to meet rising demand will take years and cost more than R1trn ($71bn), according to government..
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Johannesburg hit by massive blackouts Friday and electricity providers were unable to explain why – perhaps due to incompetent BEE employees?
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Suburbs across Johannesburg, South Africa’s economic hub, were hit by widespread power outages on Friday that electricity providers were unable to explain. “Technicians are on site to determine the cause of the outage,” Khulu Phasiwe, a spokesman for state-owned power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., said via Twitter. There’s no estimated time for the restoration..
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Blackouts A Sign Of Growth! Deputy President Mabuza, Run That By Me Again??
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Deputy Minister David Mabuza, South Africans thank you for their Daily Joke but how do you expect the country to have faith in government, really now, did you think before you speak? “Shortage of electricity is a sign of growth” – says David Mabuza at National Assembly This is what happens when you try to be clever..
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Medupi units drowning in ash as contractor forced to withdraw – Shows Eskom’s failure to operate the plant at the completed units properly – Just one more accomplishment of the ANC- regime
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The five power generation units at Eskom’s troubled new Medupi power station that have been operational are drowning in ash after Clyde Bergemann Africa (CBZ), which was contracted to supply and construct the dust handling units, withdrew its staff from the power station. CBZ managing director Jeremy Kirsch confirmed to Moneyweb on Monday that the..
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Eskom’s prior request for tariff hike slammed: Eskom’s stage 4 load shedding is a direct attempt to sabotage, and blackmail SA – Ordinary citizens are becoming the scapegoat to foot the bill of its complete and utter failures and lack of planning
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The South African Communist Party says Eskom’s management is rolling out massive blackouts in an attempt to blackmail South Africans to accept privatisation of the power utility. Eskom resumed with loadshedding for the first time this year on Sunday. Power cuts continued yesterday and Tuesday after a failure of generating units. “The management of Eskom,..
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Guptas at it again – workers unpaid but lavish R100m double wedding planned – most likely funded by the ANC-regime?
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The Emirates Palace hotel in Abu Dhabi where the Gupta family are reportedly hosting a lavish double wedding in February 2019. The Guptas are reported to be hosting a lavish double wedding at a palatial hotel in Abu Dhabi. The AmaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism published a nine-page wedding invitation on Friday and said the..
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South Africans should brace for more rolling blackouts as the power grid is unstable and cannot produce enough power to sustain the country
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Eskom warned of wider controlled power cuts on Monday after six additional generating units unexpectedly went offline. The power utility launched stage 4 load shedding, which requires the shedding of 4 000 megawatts from the grid. The Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry is shocked by the sudden dramatic increase in load shedding. “How is..
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Rolling Blackouts in South Africa Because Treasonous ANC Regime Sells Best Coal To China and Uses Proceeds Elsewhere?
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Despite, (or thanks to Billions in foreign investment in Eskom), 7.2 Million tons of SA’s best coal is destined for China from Richards Bay Harbor while South Africans suffer under rolling blackouts. 36 Chinese ships are waiting for coal to be loaded in Richards Bay Harbour. Each ship takes about 36 hours to be loaded with 200,000 tons of coal per ship average. The coal is Grade A anthracite.
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Petrol is down, but Eskom address claims that load shedding is scheduled for Christmas
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No need to stick the turkey on the braai, everyone. Eskom spokesperson Khulu Phasiwe has confirmed the lights will stay on during Christmas.
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National power provider Eskom’s is under extreme high financial pressure and debt heads towards the R550 billion mark – wonder if this state entity is going to blast Millions of taxpayers money on bonuses this festive season even though they are cash strapped?
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Eskom chairman Phakamani Hadebe says the power provider is under extremely high financial pressure. According to him, Eskom’s debt will continue indefinitely for the next few years, with the possibility that it may increase from R400 billion to R550 billion. The chairman is also not afraid to admit that the dramatic rise in the foreseeable..
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Oh good, Eskom are in the news again – Eskom’s latest stage of load shedding could keep power off for 12 hours a day – Better buy some candles for Christmas
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Oh good, Eskom are in the news again… said no-one, ever. The spectre of load shedding is simply the ghost that will not stop haunting South Africa, and more blackouts have already been forecast before 2019. Eskom unveil new load shedding stage So of course, now is the most opportune time to learn that a..
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Businesses won’t pay the municipalities … but ESKOM directly
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While 96 municipalities across the country are scrambling to negotiate payment agreements with Eskom for overdue bills that amount to R27.8-billion, local businesses are fighting to pay Eskom directly, bypassing the municipalities, in a bid to keep the local economies going.
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While mostly white South Africa has countrywide Blackouts, construction at overdue new Power Station is on African time with shortened working hours.
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Jacob Zuma alluded to white people claiming that they do things better than blacks in his State of the Nation address. Let us look at what is arguably one of the most important and biggest projects undertaken by his black regime which should be a flagship example. The state-owned utility’s inability to complete the Kusile..
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