Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan and Eskom board chairperson Jabu Mabuza will brief the media on electricity supply problems.
- 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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