Following an urgent board meeting while Stage 5 load shedding was biting on Saturday 17 September, Eskom will on Monday start to urgently procure additional energy from existing independent power producers. This announcement was made during an emergency media briefing by Eskom group chief executive André de Ruyter on Sunday morning. He hopes to access about 1 000MW from existing independent power producers like Sasol and Sappi and hopes to have it online within a week or two.
Oberholzer explained that depleting the 6 000MW of emergency reserves could result in a total blackout if they were unavailable when needed by the system. Eskom earlier disclosed that it has already depleted the whole diesel budget for the year up to end of March 2023. According to Oberholzer the CFO Calib Cassim has made a further R550 million available despite Eskom’s liquidity problems.
Same Problem at Eskom Union Fat Cat Leadership and Connected Corrupt Politicians from all Parties pushed and shoved thousands of Workers in Eskom which can't be Removed Irrespective of them being Incompetent just for them to Receive Subscriptions to fatten their Lav Lifestyles
As if this makes us feel better