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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.
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“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.
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The worst power cuts ever experienced in South Africa occurred in December 2019, when we reached Stage 6 load shedding due to the ‘wet coal’ fiasco. “At all times, the main imperative is to avoid the total collapse of the grid. “I don’t really believe that we will go up to Stage 8 load shedding.
President Cyril Ramaphosa says he doesn't believe Eskom would ever need to implement stage 8 load shedding.
"The management is doing everything that they can to ensure that they keep up with maintenance. "I think we will continue to have load shedding, but it will be a type of load shedding that they will warn everyone in advance as they try to keep lights on and the generation of electricity going on." "It's a recurring problem with Eskom, as we hear more about sabotage is part of the challenges we have to deal with, including the difficulties they are having in dealing with maintenance, breakages I don't really believe that we will go up to stage 8."
President Cyril Ramaphosa doesn't believe Stage 8 power cuts will become a reality.
"So, we are still hopeful we have a management that still has everything under control. Including difficulties, they are having in deal with maintenances and breakages. "I think management is doing everything they can to ensure they keep with maintenance and if it breakdowns they repair very quickly.
President Cyril Ramaphosa said that it is unlikely that Eskom will implement Stage 8 loadshedding despite the power utility dealing with more sabotage ...
Ramaphosa said the government is still hopeful that Eskom’s management has the situation under control. The president said that Eskom’s management is doing everything possible to ensure the utility is maintained. JOHANNESBURG - President Cyril Ramaphosa believes it is unlikely that Stage 8 loadshedding will be implemented despite Eskom dealing with another case of sabotage.