Eskom warned that there is a high risk of loadshedding this weekend, but many feel the power utility is throwing tantrums for not getting their 36% tariff increase.
The power utility claimed that this was due to several breakdowns that needed extensive repair timehas issued an alert for loadshedding this coming weekend , saying it could go up Stage 3. At a similar stage last year,
It did however say that recent breakdowns that required extended repair times heightened the need to use emergency reserves, which then needed to be replenished.Some on social media pointed out how fishy it was that loadshedding was being implemented after Eskom didn’t get its way.“It makes it near impossible to reach order deadlines, which has a snowball effect on the other aspects and core functions of business,” she said.
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