All eyes are on President Cyril Ramaphosa after he blamed wet coal and sabotage without giving a clear plan on ending load shedding.
Johannesburg - The government’s flip-flopping around the crisis at Eskom has sent the country into panic mode and eyes are on President Cyril Ramaphosa after he blamed wet coal and sabotage without giving a clear plan on ending load shedding.
Questions have been raised about the real course of the country plummeting to Stage 6 after a former Eskom executive dismissed the assertion that wet coal and sabotage are behind the costly crisis. Ramaphosa, who cut short his state visit to Egypt on Tuesday, has since ordered an investigation into what he on Wednesday described as “acts of sabotage at Eskom”, which this week resulted in blackouts and sent the economy into a tailspin.
“What has also come out as a great concern is that there has been a measure of sabotage which has led to the loss of, during this period, 2000 megawatts,” he said following a meeting with Eskom’s board and ministers at the power utility’s Megawatt Park headquarters in Sunninghill. According to Ramaphosa, the alleged sabotage occurred when an instrument at Eskom’s internal system was disconnected leading to two of the boilers “tripping”. He added: “I’ve directed that the sabotage acts must be investigated and must immediately work with the SA Police Service and our intelligence services as well to find out exactly how anyone within Eskom could have disconnected the instrument that has led to the loss of 2 000 megawatts”.
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