President Cyril Ramaphosa says the energy crisis currently faced by the country will soon come to an end. South Africans have expressed frustration, as Eskom battles to keep the lights on with stage 4 load shedding currently in place and was expected to last until 11pm. Ramaphosa, speaking in Sharpeville on Thursday in his Human..
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Dumb Twit!! SA will overcome load shedding like apartheid, says Ramaphosa
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Petra Diamonds halts SA mining operations over power cuts – Eskom will be to blame for the downfall of SA’s economy
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Petra Diamonds has confirmed it received a notification from Eskom, asking it to reduce its load to the essential level. As a result, it has announced it’s in the process of halting its mining operations in South Africa. Petra Diamonds said all production, hoisting and processing have stopped with immediate effect at its operations in..
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What a disgrace! Table Mountain Cableway: Visitors get stuck amid #Rollingblackouts
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The Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company said power surges may have caused the failure of its generator. The impact of load shedding is being felt across the country, as Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company (TMACC) on Monday confirmed that visitors got stuck on top of the mountain. In a statement on Monday evening, TMACC said:..
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#Rollingblackouts in SA mos definitely caused by BEE, racial quotas, cadre deployment and outright looting!
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Yes, without a doubt the c-ANC-er broke Eskom, like they broke everything else. And they are making money from it too. It is known that the ANC’s investment arm called Chancellor House made a 5000 % profit on its investment in Hitachi South Africa which had the tender for the boilers of Medupi and Kusile..
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Debt ridden Eskom shutting down power plants it can’t afford to fix and increasing the risk of #rollingblackouts- We can thank the incompetent ANC-regime for this!
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Eskom has permanently shut down several power generation units at older power stations due to its inability to fix them, the Sunday Times reports. This decision has cut the power utility’s available electrical capacity to meet demand, which may increase the risk of load-shedding going forward. Eskom said that the old power generation units at..
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Medupi still not complete after 12 years – It is a wonder that they haven’t blamed old Jan yet!
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Eskom says the Medupi power station’s Phase 2 stage is in operation, making it part of the power supply’s overall electricity output. The announcement comes 12 years after the first donation was made to set up Medupi, but during that time, South Africa paid much more for the erection than initially budgeted. In addition to..
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27 top black executives were asked to be Eskom CEO – They all said no
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While the government has been criticised for selecting a white executive as Eskom CEO, a new report from the Sunday Times states that 27 black executives were offered the position first. They all declined. The report stated that Eskom created a list of the executives it would like for the role of CEO and hired..
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Eskom to cut 60% of Soweto households’ power supply – Seems like #blackprivilege don’t apply in black residential areas at the expense of honest payers
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Eskom has awakened from its 25 years of corruption and has now suddenly decided to cut off Soweto’s illegal electricity consumers’ supply. According to the latest report, Eskom has indicated that it will disconnect power from at least 60% of the 200,000 Soweto households with prepaid meters. The reason is, according to Eskom, due to..
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ANC Youth League calls the appointment of the new CEO of Eksom, Andre de Ruyter, white privilege
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Collen Maine, the youth task team should focus on getting our youth off drugs, crime and creating employment opportunities and not trying to police every white appointed person. In 25 years every black appointed CEO failed Eskom tremendously. Infact, every black CEO appointed to run any SOE what so ever has failed it tremendously. I..
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New white CEO of Eskom not welcomed with open arms – Numsa: ‘De Ruyter’s appointment as Eskom CEO an insult to Africans’
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The recent appointment of Andre de Ruyter to the position of Eskom CEO has been met with mixed emotions, particularly by trade unions and fervent supporters of the Radical Economic Transformation (RET) agenda. Although the African National Congress (ANC) has welcomed the appointment of de Ruyter, at a time when Eskom is teetering on the..
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Court deals Soweto residents who wants to pay a flat tarrif of R150 a month for electricity a blow by striking case off the roll
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Soweto owes R20bn to power provider Eskom, but residents of the township only want to pay R150 a month for their power. Mpho Sesedinyane, ANC councilor and chair of the South African National Civic Organization (Sanco) in Soweto, feels that R150 is a fair amount and that, given the state of the economy, the residents..
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Power grid remains under pressure, possibility of load shedding not eliminated
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The electricity network remains under pressure and, according to Eskom, there is still the possibility of load shedding for today and the rest of the week, but will only be applied if absolutely necessary. According to Eskom, unplanned interruptions at 22:00 on Sunday were slightly less than 10,000 MW and good progress was made over..
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Parasitic SOE, Prasa also bankrupt? – Eskom threatens to cut power supply to trains due to default in payment
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This past week, the ANC’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, had to intervene so that Eskom did not cut off the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) power supply. The power supply would be cut off if the president did not intervene, and Prasa’s power supply for electrically powered trains would be cut off, which would force..
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Pull the generator closer and get those candles ready, Eskom #rollingblackouts will be with us shortly
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Eskom expressed its disappointment over the decision of the rating agency Moody’s that further downgraded the bankrupt entity of the state. The Moody’s Investment Service downgraded Eskom from a B2 to a B3, which means the entity has no confidence in consumers or the rating agency. With the downgrade, Eskom is brought into line with..
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R100 – that’s how much Soweto residents want to pay Eskom for electricity each month
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The township is said to owe Eskom R18 billion in unpaid electricity bills. This week, Lungelo Lethu Human Rights Foundation (LLHRF) is finishing up court papers in a bid to haul Eskom to the South Gauteng High Court over electricity disconnections. LLHRF’s president King Sibiya said they want an interim court order forcing Eskom to..
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