Speaking during a briefing on Saturday, Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said the damage will be much greater if regular maintenance work is not carried out.
JOHANNESBURG - Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said the power utility has gained a deeper understanding of why units break down.ALSO READ:- High load shedding levels are intentional to replenish reserves - Ramokgopa
He said carrying out regular maintenance work was critical to preventing breakdowns of generating units. “So, we have taken a view that we are going to do things right, and we do have an appreciation of the kind of damage that [load shedding] is causing to the South African economy, but the damage will be much greater if we don’t look after these assets… like I said... we will make sure we really don’t go to alarming stages of intensity of load shedding.”
Meanwhile, Eskom said Stage 4 will be in effect until 4pm on Sunday. This is a result of the loss of four generating units, said the power utility.Following the loss of an additional 4 generating units today and the requirement to replenish emergency reserves, Stage 4 loadshedding will be maintained until 16:00 on Sunday .…
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