Eskom said in a statement that the power system was under severe pressure this morning and the power supplier is currently using diesel generators to meet electricity demand. According to the statement, the maintenance of units was delayed, which meant that diesel generators had to run through the night. “Although we have enough emergency reserves..
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Yank your generator closer and grab those candles, chances are huge for #RollingBlackOuts tonight
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Bankrupt power supplier is struggling to maintain electricity grid and diesel generator units are used to prevent #rollingblackouts
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Eskom has now gone so far as to use its emergency reserves in an effort to evade load shedding. The diesel generator units have been used to prevent the burning of candles, but the diesel fuel bill is already more than 50% over the entity’s allowable diesel consumption according to its budget. Workers claim they..
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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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Bankrupt Eskom holds ANC regime hostage with ongoing #RollingBlackOuts
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It is not only the ANC’s president who lied to foreign countries and in parliament about SA’s condition but also sustained on another lie. Eskom said he would ensure that no load shedding will be applied before January 13, and then the ANC’s Cyril Ramaphosa believed the lie and went on to sell the lying..
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Hello darkness my old Friend! Brace for more Stage 6 load-shedding as Eskom breakdowns rise
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Stage 6 load-shedding, which has happened only once before, looks set to become a far more common occurrence as Eskom’s plant breakdowns remain at dangerously high levels. Stage 6 means 6,000MW are dropped from the grid to avoid the system becoming unstable. In Gauteng, where load-shedding intervals last four hours, Eskom customers could be without..
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#Rollingblackouts – To prevent further damages Eskom announce Phase 2 load shedding for Friday
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South Africans will have to prepare for more power outages this weekend after Eskom announces that Phase 2 load shedding will take effect from 09:00 to 23:00 Friday. According to their latest statement, the bankrupt state entity says their system is still vulnerable. Although the power grid units are recovering as scheduled, they also lost..
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Cyril rushes back to Eskom and cuts visit to Egypt short amidst electricity crisis which holds serious economic consequences for SA
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Opposition parties expressed their dismay when the ANC president, Cyril Ramaphosa, went to Egypt amidst #rollingblackouts occurred all over South-Africa this past week. He had to cut his less important visit to short and returned to South Africa to talk to the heads of Eskom about the crisis load shedding has on the finances of..
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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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#Rollingblackouts – Total darkness creeps closer after Eskom applied Phase 6 load shedding
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South Africa is getting closer to the risk of a total nationwide power shutdown after Eskom applied Phase 6 load on Monday evening at 6pm, shutting down a region’s power for about 9 hours a day. This is due to additional technical problems occurring at the Medupi power station at Lephalale in Limpopo. Phase 6..
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Cash strapped Eskom wants another R27bn from consumers – Could this be the reason why SA is experiencing #Rollingblackouts? To manipulate us into giving them what they want?
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In its latest application to the energy regulator, the power utility is claiming this as an underrecovery for 2018/19, meaning tariffs may rise by 16.6% next year Eskom, which last week again saw a collapse of its power network that led to nationwide load shedding, wants consumers to cough up a further R27 billion for..
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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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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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Video: Thank god we have coal and not nuclear power stations! – Boilers shut down due to incompetent workers overfilling coal bunker flooding top floor with coal
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This information has just been sent to us via a member. The details have not been verified but this is how we work. It will not take long before the real story gets given to us. We will update the details here once we have verified information. Thank god we have coal and not nuclear..
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