Load shedding is back after one day off, continuing at stage 2 and stage 3 in rotation until further notice.<\/p>\n
Eskom suspended load shedding until 05h00 on Wednesday, providing the first full day off from rolling blackouts since October 2022.<\/p>\n
However, the suspension was due to low demand over the weekend and the public holiday. While the country’s power stations are also slowly improving, they remain under pressure.<\/p>\n
Minister in the Presidency responsible for Electricity, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, is currently touring all of Eskom’s power stations, assessing the state of affairs.<\/p>\n
The minister says he is confident that the country\u2019s problems with load shedding will be resolved.<\/p>\n
Speaking at the Kusile power station in Mpumalanga during his visit on Tuesday, Ramokgopa said his ultimate aim is to end load shedding.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe problem of load shedding will be resolved. Ultimately, the problem of electricity in this country will also be resolved,\u201d Ramokgopa said.<\/p>\n
Ramokgopa told Kusile power station senior management that government will assist where possible to end load shedding.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are all in this together, the problem of load shedding must end,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Ramokgopa has embarked on a two-week visit to Eskom power stations. This is to get first-hand experience on how the stations operate and what problems or challenges the management are experiencing in the running of the power stations.<\/p>\n
Ramokgopa started the visits on Monday at the Kriel and Duvha power stations and on Tuesday visited Kusile and Kendal power stations.<\/p>\n
Kusile Power Station is designed to consist of six 800 megawatt coal-fired generating units for a total generating capacity of 4,800 megawatts.<\/p>\n
The station is located about 15 kilometres north of Kendal Power Station near Witbank, in Mpumalanga.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am confident that we are going to resolve the electricity problem. We will be honest and transparent about where we are now in as far as resolving the problem.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have committed men and women with skills at Eskom. From the discussions we are having with Eskom, it is clear that the problem of load shedding will be resolved,\u201d Ramokgopa said.<\/p>\n
Ramokgopa said the problem is not with corruption but more on a technical side.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe problems and challenges that we have here are technical problems, they have nothing to do with so-called corruption<\/strong>,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n