Struggling utility is prepared for the worst, saying the cost to bring South Africa back online cannot be quantified
Exorbitant electricity tariffs and longer stages of load-shedding have forced consumers to urgently seek off-grid alternatives
Control measures are in place, minister reassured the public
Steps have been taken to control money flow in the event of a temporary grid collapse
In all the bickering that we’ve been through over the past five years, from the long-running saga about the competence of former public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane to this week’s parliamentary hearings into André de Ruyter’s allegations of corruption at Eskom, it feels as if we aren’t making progress in dealing with the structural fault lines in our country
Eskom loses half of its power-generating capacity, opening risks for longer cuts which will entail more than half the day with no electricity
Several public health facilities have exhausted their 12-month supply of diesel and oil as nationwide load-shedding persists
After more than 10 years of meddling and the countless executive game of musical chairs, please leave political actors out of Eskom problem-solving. This is a problem to be solved by Andre de Ruyter and the unions and the ‘rogue’ employees working outside the established channels