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Yank your generator closer and grab those candles, chances are huge for #RollingBlackOuts tonight

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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 to replenish capacity during the day, we may need to put in load tonight to replenish diesel and water with our open-cycle gas turbines and pump storage schemes,” Eskom explains.

Unplanned power outages stood at 13 063 MW at 06:30. This is a bit more compared to Wednesday’s 12 620 MW.

The power provider is asking users to use electricity sparingly while haunting to get power outages below the 9,500 MW target.

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Eskom with a debt burden of R450 billion may be the downfall of ANC regime

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Political analysts say the actions of high-ranking officials in Eskom could lead to the demise of the ANC government.

The pressure is mounting on the ruling ANC regime from the inner circles as well as opposing structures as well as from extreme groups to act against those responsible for the mess in which the power supplier is currently facing its debt burden of R450 billion.

The claims are varied, but many expect the ANC to take action against Public Enterprise Minister Pravin Gordhan, who is closely concerned with Eskom’s problems.

The Red Brigade is demanding Gordhan’s sacking, while Deputy President David Mabuza himself helped to throw Gordhan under the bus.

There is also a feud against Ramaphosa, from people who believe he should have forced Eskom to stay with his company in order not to employ any loadshedding before January 13.

With all the turmoil, this could eventually lead to the disintegration of the ANC, which could have far-reaching consequ
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NO SABOTAGE AT ESKOM – POWER GRID IN SA FACES TOTAL COLLAPSE

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Now the truth comes out, and it is not what Ramaphosa told you . Ramaphosa told the country this past Wednesday that sabotage was the reason for phase 6 loadshedding and it happened when an unspecified instrument was disconnected from one of the boilers at the Tutuka power station and that this led to the loss of as much as 2000MW of power.

But in an investigation by Rapport this statement was found not to be true.

The truth is a lack of planning and maintenance of power stations, especially the boilers. Rapport has spoken to both an energy expert, Mike Rossouw, and Solidarity who has many members in that sector and the true state of Eskom was revealed by them. The loss of 2 units at Tutuka power station, where Ramaphosa said sabotage is to blame, has more logical reasons and it boils down to a lack of maintenance.

Deon Reyneke, Solidarity trade union’s deputy head responsible for Eskom, has given the true reasons for the loss of 2 units at Tutuka. The first
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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 additional operating units on Thursday.

“Load shedding is essential throughout the night and all day Friday to prevent further short circuits and capacity to pump water reserves for us.”

The goal is to reduce unplanned short circuits to 9,500 MW to enable them to minimize and stop load shedding next week.

“Regardless of the phase, we want to remind our customers that load shedding is no cause for panic as the system is successfully controlled.”

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Load shedding due to poor workmanship at failed Medupi power plant, though Ramphosa points finger at sabotage

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The Phase 4 load shedding forced on South Africa this past week is attributed to poor workmanship with the erection of the Medupi power plant, which was initially highly praised by the ANC government.

The power plant has caused so many problems in the past week that the Eskom management had to take the load to Phase 4.

Although no one is prepared to explain what the bugs are at Medupi, observers have pointed out that there as some serious flaws that need to be corrected that forced Eskom to switch to Phase 6, and then back to Phase 4.

Experts believe the Medupi Power Plant will not be able to deliver up to its full capacity for several days, which means that South Africa will continue to see billions of rand being wasted for days.

All indications are that the current slump in the country’s economy may force Moody’s rating agency to recognize that junk status is now a reality.

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Power grid remains under pressure, possibility of load shedding not eliminated

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The electricity network remains under pressure and, according to Eskom, there is still the possibility of load shedding for today and the rest of the week, but will only be applied if absolutely necessary.

According to Eskom, unplanned interruptions at 22:00 on Sunday were slightly less than 10,000 MW and good progress was made over the weekend to supplement diesel reserves for the open-cycle gas turbines and water levels with the pump storage schemes.

The power provider said the power grid is still being monitored hourly at its emergency response control center and that the situation at its generation plants is unpredictable.

“Eskom wants to remind its customers that any unexpected changes such as additional interruptions or the unavailability of diesel for the gas turbines or declining water levels at the pump storage schemes could lead to short-term power short notice.”

Meanwhile, another generation unit at the Kusile power station was synchronized for t
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59 billion bailout just been granted to struggling Eskom

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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 a “permanent state of loadshedding” due to past inequalities.

Others, however, were opposed to this bill.

Nqabayomzi Kwankwa, MP of the United Democratic Movement (UDM), said it was astonishing that MPs were asked to “throw money at the problem” after Eskom reportedly paid R4bn to suppliers too much.

Eskom is about R500bn in the red.

DA Ashor Sarupen said Eskom seems to be burning money instead of coal. “Every citizen is a hostage of Eskom. We are hostages to the power cuts that cause huge economic losses. We are hostages to their bail requirements. We are hostages to their endless management crises, ”says Sarupen.

Wouter Wessels, FF Plus MP and chief spokespers
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Thank god we have coal and not nuclear powered power station! – Boilers shut down due to incompetent workers overfilled bunker and flooded 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 powered power station

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Click here to watch the cause of Eskom’s Loadshedding

This is silo 1 at Kusile power station. They have just overfilled the bunker& flooded the top floor with coal. This will cause the boilers to shut down. These clowns are just so dumb. They cannot let the system run automatically & have to try running manually, This is the result that caused a shutdown.

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Matric exam disrupted by load shedding – will power failures now be blamed for poor performance among learners?

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The load shed unannounced by the bankrupt power supply led to the disruption in exam rooms where matrics had to stop their exams at dusk.

Nearly 35 schools were disrupted at the same time on Wednesday’s during loadshedding and parents, teachers and pupils were outraged at the unannounced load at the most impossible time when exams were taken.

The Department of Education is awaiting feedback from provinces on the events and the way in which they handled the power failure.

Educators are concerned that the power outage will now be used by the Education Department as an excuse for poor performance.

Phase 2, which will be applicable for Thursday and Friday, means that schools can expect a power outage at any time from 9 am to 11 pm.

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Eskom load shedding may have been applied over Nersa not approving electricity supplier’s tariff increase and is now used as leverage to manipulate the initial decision

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TAU SA finds it extremely suspicious that Eskom suddenly imposes loadshedding just days after the electricity supplier filed a lawsuit against Nersa, the regulator, because the entity was not satisfied with the tariff increases approved.

“It almost seems as if there is a subtle blackmail here, as it has often happened in the past if Eskom disagreed with Nersa’s decisions,” says Mr. Louis Meintjes, the president of TAU SA. “The consumer is beginning to get the impression that if Eskom doesn’t make sense, load shedding is set as a kind of leverage.

“The explanation that there have been problems since Saturday, but the country is only caught on Wednesday without any warning, is just as unacceptable,” he says. “Many farmers need to properly schedule their irrigation in these drought and hot temperatures so that they can provide food for the country’s tables. They have been deprived of the right of proper planning through Eskom’s laxity and insensitive actions. I
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