Like in South Africa, where the simple maintenance and upkeep of a fully functioning infrastructure seems to be a challenge to African regimes, Zimbabwe who was once a powerhouse in Southern Africa, has been reduced to asking its neighbours to commission new power plants to supply Zimbabwe, as it seems it cannot even commission its own power plants anymore.
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Decolonised Zimbabwe Begging Neighbours for Electricity to Stop Daily 12 Hour Blackouts!
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Does Eskom Export Electricity to #SAPP When it Uses Cold Weather as Excuse to Hide Bad Maintenance & Corruption?
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Cold weather in winter is self-evident even for animals, but for Eskom it is a surprise? For decades in Apartheid, before the ANC regime was given the then first world country, Eskom supplied whatever was demanded without interruption thanks to good long-term planning and maintenance measures, but now Eskom has warned about electricity faults in KwaZulu-Natal due to cold weather! The question is, is power still quietly being sent to the African #SAPP network, when we are asked to save power, for which we paid dearly with taxes? Are we also being forced to sustain and keep the rest of Africa afloat? Even Malawi’s power provider is called “Escom!”
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Medupi Power Station Rocked by Explosive Failure Again! Impact on National Grid Unknown as Deployed Cadres Scratch Their Heads…
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It seems that the implementation of cadre deployment and BBBEE practices are still taking their toll on the embattled national power provider. Eskom confirmed on Monday that the Medupi power station had an explosion on the number 4 unit’s generator, at around 22:50 on Sunday night, and that unit 5 also tripped as a result.
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SA Facing Winter of Phase 4 & 5 Rolling Blackouts as Unmaintained Infrastructure Accelerates the Country’s Collapse!
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South Africa is headed for a winter of discontent, not only due to the badly managed Covid response, but it has surpassed yet another point of no return with phase 4 and 5 load shedding coming, due to infrastructure crumbling from lack of maintenance. Energy expert Chris Yelland, director of EE Business Intelligence, has said load shedding will only worsen this winter.
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#TheAfricanWay Sub-Station in Springs Burns Down Because Ekhurhuleni (East Rand) Municipality Failed To Do Repairs After Break-in Last Year, Despite Being Warned It Could Catch Fire, Leaving Thousands Without Power!
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#BetterUnderApartheid An important electrical sub-station in Springs, which was damaged during a break-in by vandals last year, was left in the dilapidated state, creating a fire risk, has finally burnt down on Sunday, leaving thousands of residents and manufacturing businesses in the industrial area New Era, without electricity. It could take up to 2 weeks to repair the damage.
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Will SA consider nuclear power plants and will it be safe in the hands of a Third World country ruled by the ANC regime?
Eskom drops electricity price bombshell – Consumers will pay ‘50% more’ for electricity if Eskom beats Nersa in court
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The power utility is challenging tariff increases approved by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) for 2019 to 2022. If Eskom gets its way, consumers will pay 50% more for electricity. Eskom contends that approving increases by 9.41% for 2019-2020, 8.10% for 2020-2021 and 5.22% for 2021-2022 instead of the requested 16% was..
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Brace yourself for stage 8 #RollingBlackOuts or 10-hour daily blackouts, as corrupt municipalities are preparing for the worst
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Eskom was forced to implement stage 6 load shedding in December – its worst ever blackout – sending the country into a panic as not many people were aware of what that stage actually meant for them. Municipalities too, were caught off-guard, with Johannesburg electricity distributor City Power saying at the time that it had..
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Fire Destroy De Aar’s Courts After Explosion Because De Aar’s Volunteer Fire Service Has 30 Year Old Firetruck With Leaky Hoses
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Is civilization too complicated for Africa? A huge fire destroyed De Aar’s Courts. The volunteer fire squad arrived with the town’s 30 year old fire truck but could not extinguish the fire due to leaking fire hoses.
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#TheAfricanWay – SA Faces Extended #RollingBlackouts Due to Collapsing Infrastructure Yet Eskom Secretly Wants To Pay R1,8 BILLION (R88,000 per employee) in Performance Bonuses!
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Eskom seems to have a strange idea about what a performance bonus is and why it actually gets paid. It secretly wants to spend R1,8 BILLION on performance bonuses for the current and following 2 years, even as we face phase 4-6 loadshedding at the moment and it seems like daily rolling blackouts will be with us for quite some time.
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Eskom with debt burden of more than R450 billion cuts power supply to parts of Soweto due to default
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The national power supplier is struggling to keep up with its debt burden of more than R450bn and the ineffective functioning of many power plants. In addition to its own problems, Eskom has continued to act reluctantly against municipalities that do not pay their monthly consumption to Eskom, and Eskom is too cumbersome to act..
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Eskom which is battling with R441 billion debt, won’t be privatized – ANC-regime’s plan to save the power supplier from ruin disappointing
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Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan yesterday unveiled the government’s latest blueprint to kickstart Eskom, which proposes major shifts in the ailing entity’s business model. Politicians, as well as political analysts and financial experts are disappointed in the plan, whose content can be vague and probably poorly implemented, as announced by the minister. Not only did..
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#ParasiticParastatal Another 59 Billion Bailout Has Just Been Granted To Mismanaged & Corrupt Eskom Gravy Train
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The National Assembly voted in favor of a special allocation bill on Tuesday that allows a bailout of R59 billion to struggling Eskom. The bill was approved by 200 votes to 105 with ANC MPs believing the bill is essential to keep the lights on. These MPs argued that many of them grew up in..
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Power shortages in SA can last up to four years due to Eskom’s inability to produce
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The ANC-SACP government’s long-term plan with the economy is closely linked to the supply of electricity. The government has already published its “plan”, warning it of a so-called “immediate risk” of major electricity shortages that will arise. To make matters worse, it is stated that the large power shortages can last for four years due..
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Soweto owes Eskom more than R17 billion, still receives free power – culture of non-payment has now become a legacy of the ANC struggle
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According to a report by the Gauteng Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) submitted to the Gauteng legislature’s CoGTA committee, Soweto owes Eskom more than R17 billion, which is half of the country’s debt to Eskom. The information came to light last month when a FF Plus spokesperson, Amanda de Lange, announced it..
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