Posts tagged with 'loadshedding'

 

Yank your generator closer and grab those candles, chances are huge for #RollingBlackOuts tonight

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Eskom said in a statement that the power system was under severe pressure this morning and the power supplier is currently using diesel generators to meet electricity demand.

According to the statement, the maintenance of units was delayed, which meant that diesel generators had to run through the night.

“Although we have enough emergency reserves to replenish capacity during the day, we may need to put in load tonight to replenish diesel and water with our open-cycle gas turbines and pump storage schemes,” Eskom explains.

Unplanned power outages stood at 13 063 MW at 06:30. This is a bit more compared to Wednesday’s 12 620 MW.

The power provider is asking users to use electricity sparingly while haunting to get power outages below the 9,500 MW target.

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Eskom with a debt burden of R450 billion may be the downfall of ANC regime

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Political analysts say the actions of high-ranking officials in Eskom could lead to the demise of the ANC government.

The pressure is mounting on the ruling ANC regime from the inner circles as well as opposing structures as well as from extreme groups to act against those responsible for the mess in which the power supplier is currently facing its debt burden of R450 billion.

The claims are varied, but many expect the ANC to take action against Public Enterprise Minister Pravin Gordhan, who is closely concerned with Eskom’s problems.

The Red Brigade is demanding Gordhan’s sacking, while Deputy President David Mabuza himself helped to throw Gordhan under the bus.

There is also a feud against Ramaphosa, from people who believe he should have forced Eskom to stay with his company in order not to employ any loadshedding before January 13.

With all the turmoil, this could eventually lead to the disintegration of the ANC, wh
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Loadshedding left a trail of destruction in South Africa, weakening the poor economy by at least R10bn; this should be a costly lesson for the Ramaphosa government

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The five days of loadshedding last week left a trail of destruction in South Africa, and should be an expensive lesson for the Ramaphosa government.

It was a week in which transformers exploded, damaging equipment in homes and industries, virtually irreparably damaging substations and even weakening the poor economy by at least R10bn.

The load shed reached its end on Friday when Eskom got diesel again to start its generators who had been idle for days because there was no fuel.

In Johannesburg, there were at least ten neighborhoods for hours without power, which led to the water supply stalling, leaving thousands of people distressed, but elsewhere in the country there was chaos reported in the media.

However, whether the load shedding is finally finished, experts are doubted as it will take a long time before everything returns to an “almost normal” period.

The arrival of an Italian team to save Eskom out of its mess i
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Thanks to the ruling ANC regime, SA’s economy outlook is getting worse with Eskom already plunging the country deeper into debt

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In an exclusive interview conducted by Die Vryburger with a well-known political analyst, it seems that 2019 is not a year of good prospects.

The anonymous expert says the projections are getting darker with Eskom, who is already plunging the country into debt with loadshedding.

In addition to the enormous R2 billion it cost daily to endure load shedding, it has a very negative impact on potential investors abroad.

The recession in which SA is currently, along with the tremendous debt burden of the state, forces the Finance Minister to take unfavorable measures to balance the scale, but cannot tamper with it because the election is at the door.

He says there is no reason to think that it will improve in the economic sphere in the second half of 2019, because the Rand is doubtful, gold mines are shaky because of the power supply’s load shedding, and this increases the possibility of higher unemployment. means that less personal tax i
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Medupi units drowning in ash as contractor forced to withdraw – Shows Eskom’s failure to operate the plant at the completed units properly – Just one more accomplishment of the ANC- regime

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The five power generation units at Eskom’s troubled new Medupi power station that have been operational are drowning in ash after Clyde Bergemann Africa (CBZ), which was contracted to supply and construct the dust handling units, withdrew its staff from the power station.

CBZ managing director Jeremy Kirsch confirmed to Moneyweb on Monday that the business was placed in business rescue last week, days after he spoke out about what he described as Eskom’s failure to operate the plant at the completed units properly.

CBZ has long-term maintenance contracts on eight other Eskom power stations, Kirsch told Moneyweb. CBZ staff are still on site at those power stations, he said.

EE Publishers managing editor Chris Yelland however reported last week that these workers are “on tenterhooks” and could down tools at any time.

As far as Moneyweb could establish at least four of the five operational units at Medupi were working on Monday, alth
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Eskom’s prior request for tariff hike slammed: Eskom’s stage 4 load shedding is a direct attempt to sabotage, and blackmail SA – Ordinary citizens are becoming the scapegoat to foot the bill of its complete and utter failures and lack of planning

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The South African Communist Party says Eskom’s management is rolling out massive blackouts in an attempt to blackmail South Africans to accept privatisation of the power utility.

Eskom resumed with loadshedding for the first time this year on Sunday.

Power cuts continued yesterday and Tuesday after a failure of generating units.

“The management of Eskom, in the manner that they are rolling out these blackouts, is trying to blackmail us so we must accept whatever should befall Eskom. We should not be blackmailed into that. That’s why we believe that these blackouts can be avoided,” SACP first deputy general secretary Solly Mapaila stated.

Mapaila said one of reasons given by Eskom for load shedding was low stocks of diesel.

“Why can’t they procure enough diesel on time? It is all of those things that I think are just unacceptable. The reasons why there were blackouts and so forth were issues of leadership incompetence. W
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Guptas at it again – workers unpaid but lavish R100m double wedding planned – most likely funded by the ANC-regime?

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The Emirates Palace hotel in Abu Dhabi where the Gupta family are reportedly hosting a lavish double wedding in February 2019.

The Guptas are reported to be hosting a lavish double wedding at a palatial hotel in Abu Dhabi.

The AmaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism published a nine-page wedding invitation on Friday and said the bash, an event lasting five days between February 19 and 23, could end up costing as much as R100m.

“The wedding is a double-feature, with Rajesh ‘Tony’ Gupta’s daughter Shubhangi Singhala marrying Chetan Jain and Atul Gupta’s son Srikant Singhala tying the knot with Akhya Bansal.

“This is the third publicly lavish wedding the family has funded,” said AmaBhungane.

The logos of Gupta companies in South Africa, including the Koornfontein mine where miners have gone unpaid, are featured in the wedding invitation.

The publication said a request for comment direct
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South Africans should brace for more rolling blackouts as the power grid is unstable and cannot produce enough power to sustain the country

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Eskom warned of wider controlled power cuts on Monday after six additional generating units unexpectedly went offline. The power utility launched stage 4 load shedding, which requires the shedding of 4 000 megawatts from the grid.

The Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry is shocked by the sudden dramatic increase in load shedding.

“How is it possible for six units to go down at the same time?” asked Ms Janine Myburgh, President of the Chamber. “It is just too much of a co-incidence and we must ask if this is not another case of sabotage?”

Sabotage was blamed for a previous bout of load shedding, but the form it took was never explained to the public, except for workers who prevented coal deliveries from taking place.

“Stage Four load shedding is very serious indeed and it will affect commerce and industry. This will also affect the jobs of other workers, especially in heavy industry and it is time that workers whose jobs are at
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Price shock beckons if Nersa authorize Eskom’s request- National power provider demands 45% increase in tariffs – Now taxpayers have to pay for state institution’s incompetence

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National power provider, Eskom’s application to Nersa will be heard in Cape Town next week.

Nersa has already approved a 4.41% increase, but now Eskom is demanding 15% annually over the next three years, which is three times the official inflation figure.

Energy expert Ted Blom says the application should be scrapped until the forensic audit is completed on the statecapture that took place at Eskom.

Experts have disclosed a different outlook on this situation by pointing out that the power tariffs are already too high and should rather be lowered, especially in view of the fact that power is being sold to neighboring countries at far lower rates than charged to South-Africa itself.

The power provider also indicated that load shedding could be reinstated next week, which would further crippled the economy.

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Uncovering the Truth – That’s why Eskom is employing loadshedding and Jan van Riebeeck’s nor apartheid can be blamed for the failed state entity

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An anonymous engineer at Eskom revealed on social media the problems and forecasting of the failed state entity.

50% of coal power stations are out of order and will only be operational again in three years time.
Four of the six turbines at one power station have “broke down” due to poor grade coal (supplied by Gupta’s).
No or little maintenance has been done in the past four years.

All this said, loadshedding will be our forecast in January, and this will make the fierce economy even more damaging and more bankrupt.

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