Eskom announces a change to the load shedding schedule for this coming weekend.
Gordhan said that over the course of this week, his department has been liaising between Eskom and another state-owned entity to solve the diesel shortage.
The national power utility has napped another person linked to theft at Eskom
Eskom's erratic load shedding schedule is in full force with new changes for the week.
In an urgent meeting last night, November 20, Pravin Gordhan, the minister of Public Enterprises, met with Mpho Makwana, the chairperson of the Eskom Board, to discuss a number of pressing challenges affecting the country's largest power company.
Power utility Eskom has announced that load shedding will be pushed to stage 5 on Monday (21 November).
A suspect relating to a bomb threat poised against a top Eskom executive has raised concern around the growing number of sabotage cases.
More breakdowns means more load shedding for South Africa this weekend.
Eskom has arrested a contractor for intentionally sabotaging its power stations.
Load shedding was more intense in September than in 2020 in its entirety.
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