President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday that the government will soon announce a permanent chief executive for state-run Eskom after the struggling power utility reintroduced rolling blackouts last week.
The crisis-hit utility, which produces more than 90 per cent of South Africa’s electricity, has been hobbled by technical and financial problems, and implemented days of power cuts last week after a number of its generating units broke down.
On Monday, Eskom said its 2,000 megawatt Hendrina Power Station had suffered a “multi-unit trip”, but that the failure would not lead to nationwide electricity cuts as it had reserve capacity to rely on.
In other news – Another Break-in for Masechaba Ndlovu
One break-in is enough to drive a person to a permanent state of paranoia, how much more when it is two or more? Especially within a period of a few months since the occurance of the first break-in.
Media personality, Masechaba Ndlovu took to social media to explain that her neighbourhood is a crime hot spot, as her home was broken into on the same day as the recent break-in about three months ago. Read more
