High diesel costs adding to electricity utility's challenges
CEO Andre de Ruyter said some were staying away due to intimidation.
The power utility announced on Friday morning they had replenished their emergency reserves sufficiently overnight to not require stage 6 load-shedding during the morning and early afternoon‚ allowing for a reduction to stage 4. However‚ load-shedding stage 6 would be implemented from 4-10pm. The power utility reiterated that the eThekwini municipality was not being load-shed‚ after its flood damage.
He said he has had discussions with President Cyril Ramaphosa on the challenges but said he cannot discuss the contents of their discussions.
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