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LIVE: Eskom 'very far' from a national black out, says Mabuza

- Will have clarity on exact interventions and timeframe in two weeks.

- Eskom/task team/government hoped to have stabilised grid by end of January, but new challenges emerged. - Main issue is lack of maintenance at power stations, not done properly for last decade, now breaking down. - Between Feb 2017 and Feb 2018 system tripped 300 times, between Feb 2018 and Feb 2019 it tripped 495 times.- Problems structural, financial, operational.

- Internal resistance against reform and restructuring process, state capture elements still prevalent.

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