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📨JUST IN: Eskom announces SA is likely to have Stage 8 load shedding in winter🕯️🪫🥶 Eskom Loadshedding loadsheddingstage8 LoadsheddingUpdates Find out more⬇️

CEO Calib Cassim has warned that it’s going to be a difficult winter for South Africa with a possibility of the country hitting stage 8 load shedding during the cold season.team briefed the media this morning, providing an update on the state of the system and its operational performance with the primary focus on the winter outlook.

Earlier, board chair Mpho Makwana warned the weather forecast showed much colder weeks ahead which meant the demand of electricity would increase during winter. “We fully comprehend the adverse impact this has on South Africa’s already fragile economy and its people. We are doing everything to mitigate the intensity of rotational load shedding including taking lessons from the rest of the word.

“Often load shedding is seen as a uniquely South African phenomenon, but we have seen effective rotational load shedding during the winter months requires a coordinated effort among all stakeholders within a country,” said Makwana.Makwana says de Ruyter “broke the trust in the most repulsive manner” and broke transgressions and went against his obligations as a CEO of a “national key point”.

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