The ailing power utility has already implemented stage five load-shedding despite claims there are no plans to implement stage five to eight, just yet.
According to the utility’s definitions, 5,000 megawatts are taken offline when Stage 5 kicks in.The troubled parastatal is already shedding 4,900 megawatts from the national grid.
"Eskom is lying to us, they said yesterday [Tuesday] at their press briefing with their minister in the room that on Monday they dropped 4,900 megawatts now if you follow the definitions...that's stage 5. That's why everybody is complaining...they have lost control of the system...they are lying", said Blom.
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