Staff reporter
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Tuesday he cannot say how much longer load-shedding will last due to the complexity of the problems at Eskom.
The recent spate of power cuts by Eskom has negatively affected small businesses and impacted economic growth.
Gordhan apologised to the country for the continuous power outages, after Eskom implemented Stage 2 and Stage 4 load-shedding last week.
“I want to appeal to all of us to understand the nature of the challenges we have,” Gordhan said.
“We understand the frustration. We don’t have the magic formula. This is not about whether Pravin Gordhan or Jabu Mabuza or Phakamani Hadebe single-handedly have a magic wand that can actually enable us to wave that wand and say load-shedding is over.”
Gordhan was flanked by Eskom chairperson Jabu Mabuza, Eskom CEO Phakamani Hadebe and Eskom COO Jan Oberholzer.
The power utility supplies more than
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