Most power stations are not functioning at full capacity and, with winter approaching, Eskom has once again urged the public to conserve energy and thus avoid ...
With each passing day, the grim threat of Stage 8 load shedding becomes more of a reality - and one Eskom expert is fearing the worst.
I feel there’s a 50% chance we will see worse load shedding than Stage 4 soon. “I doubt there will ever be a full-on black out, but it is very possible we will get Stage 8 load shedding. This month has been something of a farce, with Stage 4 cuts and late afternoon announcements plunging us into darkness.
Energy analyst Mike Roussow has warned that there is a better than 50% chance that Mzansi will go above level 3 and 4 loadsheddding and a possibility of ...
“These people desperately want to privatise the power utility come what may. Reaching Stage 8 load shedding would itself be a major crisis for the country. To what extent is hard to predict because they don’t even know what they’re going to have tomorrow or the next day,” he said speaking to eNCA.