South Africa is on the cusp of record-breaking Stage 7 blackouts. That's according to energy analyst Ted Blom. #dstv403That's according to energy analyst Ted Blom.Eskom earlier implemented Stage 6 blackouts until further notice.
The embattled power utility says it's been unable to deal with the high number of breakdowns since Tuesday night.Its emergency generation reserves are also not enough and are being preserved. "If they don't resolve Stage 6 by tomorrow [Thursday], we'll move to Stage 7 because we're about to lose another 1,000MW when they take unit 1 of Koeberg down for refurbishment for six months," he said.
With what can we SAfns comfort ourselves with now, facing down Stage8Loadshedding?! We are utterly rudderless, with the ANCGovt completely MIA, collecting their salaries, enjoyng their perks & putting ALL their energies into fighting internal power struggles! We are on our own
'expert' then who are we?
CyrilRamaphosa would still deny that we are in a state of disaster, that's reserved for banning cigarettes and wearing masks
Cusp? We are at stage 6 now. All it takes is for someone to sneeze loudly in front of a boiler and we’ll be at stage 7. It’s practically here already.
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