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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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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Unions reject Ramaphosa’s Eskom division plan since it is nothing but privatization via the back door and would lead to mass unemployment across large areas
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President Cyril Ramaphosa’s plan to divide Eskom into three separate entities is rejected by the unions. The two major unions are the National Union of Metalworkers in SA (Numsa) and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM). In his State of the Nation address, Ramaphosa said in Parliament that the Eskom entity will be divided into..
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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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Eskom is going to destroy SA if it continues with unreasonably tariff increases, which is a 45% increase for consumers over the next three years just to maintain its pathetic management style
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If Eskom goes ahead with its unreasonable tariff increases as it plans, the South Africa’s economy will be destroyed. The struggling economy of South-Africa is already on shaky legs and can be forced into a deeper hole with unreasonable tariff increases from the national power utility entity Eskom. The gold industry will be destroyed if..
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There you have it! – Chinese Bank Takes Absolute Control Over All Eskom Power Stations In South Africa If Default In Payment Plan Transpires
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In another huge loan of 33.4 billion rand the Chinese Exim Bank (Export-Import Bank of China) will take over the Eskom Facility Plant in South Africa. This was announced by a recent tweet from Exim Bank. Eskom is a South African electricity public utility, established in 1923 as the Electricity Supply Commission. Eskom operates a..
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Soweto owes Eskom R17 billion, half of the total national debt – Still the lights or on! But if citizens residing in towns do not pay their municipality bill the electricity gets disconnected without hesitation
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How is Eskom going to increase its financial yield while still struggling to retrieve the R34 billion it is currently owed by defaulting municipalities? Eskom is desperately trying to recoup money owed by municipalities – Soweto, in particular, is making that task all the more difficult. Eskom, South Africa’s national electricity provider, had an exceptionally..
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Sorry SA, but we need more money, Eskom pleads – Eskom is asking for a 15% tariff increase over the next three years – but in the same breath employs more workers with hefty salaries
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Eskom CEO Phakamani Hadebe made a desperate plea for higher Eskom tariffs over the next three years on Monday, as well as for more money from the government, while apologising to SA for the mess the utility is in. Hadebe was speaking in Cape Town at public hearings held by the National Energy Regulator of..
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To start the new year ESKOM appointed new senior management staff, but is the load-shedding holiday over?
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Eskom intensified its plant maintenance and fast-tracked the recovery of stock levels from December 13 to January 13, when there was a low demand for electricity.
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Advisers appointed to solve Eskom’s mess AWOLS while the general manager of Actom Power Systems resigns from the team as she is not looking forward to the pile of work waiting for her
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Cyril Ramaphosa’s advisors he recently appointed to solve Eskom’s mess with constructive advice is slowly but surely abandoning their jobs. His appointed team is shrinking by the day with a second member of the committee who decided to resign. The task team is intended to advise the ANC government on what needs to be done..
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Price shock beckons if Nersa authorize Eskom’s request- National power provider demands 45% increase in tariffs – Now taxpayers have to pay for state institution’s incompetence
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National power provider, Eskom’s application to Nersa will be heard in Cape Town next week. Nersa has already approved a 4.41% increase, but now Eskom is demanding 15% annually over the next three years, which is three times the official inflation figure. Energy expert Ted Blom says the application should be scrapped until the forensic..
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Uncovering the Truth – why Eskom is employing loadshedding and neither Jan van Riebeeck nor Apartheid can be blamed for the failed state entity
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An anonymous engineer at Eskom revealed on social media the problems and forecasting of the failed state entity. 50% of coal power stations are out of order and will only be operational again in three years time. Four of the six turbines at one power station have “broke down” due to poor grade coal (supplied..
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More borrowing, Eskom secures R1.5 billion loan from French Development Agency, they are so deep in trouble, how on earth will they pay it back?
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The utility’s Group Chief Executive, Phakamani Hadebe, said the multi-tranche loan facility will contribute to Eskom’s plans to strengthen and refurbish the transmission infrastructure.
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This is totally unbelievable!– Units at all twelve of Eskom’s oldest power stations have ceased functioning – Can it get any worse?
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Units at all twelve of Eskom’s oldest power stations have ceased functioning, which means that more than 17,000 MW’s are loss. It is even more than 15,000 MW in 2015 when load shedding was introduced and lasted for months. Medupi and Kusile design problems alone will cost R345 billion to restore, and Eskom does not..
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Investors do not want to invest in SA since our national power provider is so unreliable – Communists now demand the end of load shedding after it has already cost the country billion Rand in recent weeks
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ANC, SAKP, Cosatu and Sanco are now demanding the end of load shedding in South Africa. It is ironic that the people in charge of the country, that is, the ruling ANC party, its alliance partner, the SA Communist Party and unionists now demand that the shedding of power must be discontinued. The ANC’s Zizi..
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BREAKING NEWS:- Eskom’s application to increase electricity tariffs by 15% open to public debate, now is the time to take a stand!
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It’s important to note that Eskom’s application for a 15% tariff increase is over and above the 4.41% raise already granted to the utility by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) earlier this year.
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