It could take several weeks to recover from last week’s wildcat strike, power utility warns
SA is set to enter a second week of intense power cuts, with state-owned power utility Eskom warning it could take several weeks to recover from last week’s wildcat strike that prevented up to 90% of staff going to work at some plants.
The industrial action, which unions say they did not sanction, forced Eskom to implement stage 6 load-shedding last Tuesday for the first time since 2019, and only revert to stage 4 at the weekend. During stage 6 Eskom sheds 6,000MW from the national grid and customers are without electricity for up to 10 hours out of every 24...
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