As a result of decades worth of BBBEE, systemic corruption, wholesale plunder, bad management and lack of maintenance, the consumer is once paying the price, as Eskom has had to suddenly start load shedding again, as of Sunday, when they introduced it with phase 2, to supposedly last until Tuesday night, if everything goes according to plan.
Once again an inanimate object was blamed, this time it’s apparently the Tutuka station which had to have repairs to three generating units that failed, and another unit at the Majuba power station also failed, causing it to be stopped for repairs. As a result there is about 6,000 MW lost over 24 hours, the spokesman from the embattled, bankrupt, national power supplier, Eskom, said.
This is once again a case of unexpected breakage that caused them to be unable to deliver the required power demand, requiring blackouts. However, as some of us know, if you do not maintain something, there is indeed no warning as to when it wi
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