SA in the dark as Eskom mum on stage 5 and stage 6 load shedding
JOHANNESBURG - Eskom has gone to ground on Tuesday afternoon amid fresh reports that it’s started planning for stage 5 and stage 6 load shedding, which would mean more frequent and longer periods of blackouts.
“I don’t know what they’re doing and they’re using us as guinea pigs. They’ve been in power for more than a year and are telling us they’re still learning about this, that and the next thing. We don’t need people to learn. We can’t pay people millions of rand, R8 million a year, to learn. They must fix the thing, not learn.”Earlier, Eskom assured South Africans that the country is far from a national blackout.
The power utility has blamed a decline in maintenance and mismanagement contributing to the electricity crises. Despite serious concerns raised about the current crisis at Eskom, Mabuza was confident the lights would not go out for the country, indefinitely, at least not any time soon. Meanwhile, stage 4 load shedding is expected to last until about 11pm followed immediately by stage two.Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Tuesday that Eskom's power crisis is not symptomatic of a governance crisis in SA.
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