Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said significant progress has been made regarding electricity generation.
said at a media briefing on Sunday that significant progress has been made regarding electricity generation.
Kusile unit 3 returned to service ahead of schedule, with Ramokgopa saying South Africa is “starting to turn the corner” in terms of electricity provision.unit 3, the sustained improved generation performance and the lower-than-anticipated demand for electricity, load shedding will be suspended until 4pm on Monday, when stage-2 load shedding will be implemented.On Kusile, Ramokgopa said: “It’s been almost a year that these units have not been operating.
“I am really excited to say that we will be returning the other units, with 2.4GW,” Ramokgopa said. This is eventually expected to be bumped up to 3.2GW when unit 5 is brought back on stream.
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