South Africa’s crippling power cuts are approaching an annual record, and there are still six months to go.
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The unlawful industrial action at Eskom’s power stations is costing South Africa three stages of load shedding, CEO André de Ruyter said.
Eskom CEO André de Ruyter says the power utility will be taking action against workers who embarked on an illegal strike over the past week.
The crisis at Eskom is getting worse, with the state-owned utility set to implement stage-6 power cuts until midnight on Friday.
Growthpoint Properties has said it’s running out of diesel to operate generators at some of its buildings as the country grapples with the escalating crisis at Eskom.
Small businesses, still reeling from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, are now under further strain during the worst power cuts in over two years.
Eskom said there was still a high level of absenteeism among its workforce due to a strike and that it could take weeks to clear a maintenance backlog.
Eskom is offering workers a 7% wage increase after the utility lost units during illegal protests that plunged South Africa into the worst blackouts since 2019, sources said.
Eskom and trade unions cited progress in talks to end a strike that has caused South Africa’s worst power cuts in more than two years.
Eskom has announced that for only the second time in history, the country will be subjected to stage-6 load shedding.