Mabuza and Gordhan respond to stage 6 load-shedding

Eskom‘s upper echelons believe they have not failed the country. The power utility on Monday announced that it was moving load-shedding to stage 6. Eskom says heavy rainfall and a problem at Medupi Power Station contributed to stage 6. Eskom board chairperson and acting CEO Jabu Mabuza says stage 6 “is not a calamity.

“I don’t think we’re failing. I think some of the reasons we find ourselves is mainly the unreliability of the plant owing to maintenance not being done. The situation we find ourselves today is to make sure it’s controlled load-shedding. Stage 6 is not a calamity. It’s controlled to protect the system from total blackout. Meanwhile, Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan said some tough questions have to be asked.

“We have to ask a lot of questions, about how do we get, what I call partials that are off-grid at the moment or offline. How do we improve the level of maintenance? How do we get better quality of repair work done on some of the boiler tube leaks and other technical problems that we have? And ho do we recover from the flooded power stations as well.” Our goal is to get to normality,” added Gordhan. Gordhan said load-shedding was not in a big crisis but rather a “manageable crisis.

In other news – Mlindo The Vocalist involved in a Car accident

Singing sensation Mlindo The Vocalist was forced to miss some performances after he had a car accident on Friday. But his manager Nyiko Bilankulu said he wasn’t badly injured and would be discharged from hospital in a day or two.

“We were together in the car but I wasn’t injured. Doctors just checked me and I was released on the same day. As for Mlindo, his fans should rest assured he will be on stage soon. Read more

Source: eNCA