MINISTER of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan, has called on the board of Eskom to “act with urgency” on Eskom management’s handling of load shedding.
The power utility announced on Thursday that the country will be going into stage six load shedding until Friday morning with stage five implemented from then on until Saturday morning.
“I met with the board of Eskom yesterday. I have directed them to meet and act with a great sense of urgency to ensure that the management of Eskom gets the country out of level six load shedding with immediate effect.
“Power cuts are having a devastating effect on households and livelihoods, investment and the economic climate. This is totally unacceptable. The frequency of breakdowns is certainly attributable to some element of malfunctioning within the Eskom system and possibly sabotage as well,” Gordhan said.
The minister said the power utility has had to beef up security
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