Just over a month into the 2023/24 financial year, Eskom has already spent R3 billion burning diesel to maintain its electricity supply during loadshedding.
, Farhat Essack, a DA member of parliament, wrote a letter to Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa requesting information about the total budget Eskom had set aside for diesel procurement in the current fiscal year as well as the amount already spent.
Another DA MP, Ghaleb Cachalia, questioned Pravin Gordhan, the minister of public enterprises, about how much diesel Eskom had used for power generation over the previous two fiscal years and the associated costs. Gordhan stated that the actual cost of diesel consumption, excluding rebates, was R8.7 billion, according to theEscape the loadshedding blues with a pizza or pasta and a glass of wine at Obz Cafe for R159 . Get itThe clarification of these diesel fuel costs coincides with Eskom’s recent announcement that, due to lower demand and increased generation capacity, stage 2 loadshedding would be implemented from 4pm on Sunday until 5am on Monday, with loadshedding suspended until 4pm.
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