Godongwana withdraws Eskom exemption
A gazette granting Eskom an exemption from reporting irregular spending and wasteful spending has been withdrawn “for now”.
A gazette granting Eskom an exemption from reporting irregular spending and wasteful spending has been withdrawn “for now”.
Eskom has been granted an exemption from certain provisions of the Public Finance Management Act.
Loadshedding will flit between Stages 3 and 4 for most of the weekend according to an update from Eskom.
From tomorrow at 5:00, Eskom will be switching between Stages 3 and 4 until the end of the week, with no word on what the weekend holds.
The Minister says that technical problems are the reason behind failures at power stations, but fails to acknowledge that corruption lead to those problems.
Nersa has approved an 18.65 percent tariff increase for Eskom Direct customers, effective 1st April 2023.
Despite vast improvements to Eskom’s grid stability, South Africans will still have to deal with Stage 3 power cuts for now.
Stage 5 loadshedding makes an unwelcome return at 16:00 on Monday,
Andre de Ruyter will not be required to serve out his notice period and has been released from his position at Eskom with immediate effect.
Stage 6 loadshedding is currently in place and will be until further notice.
Eskom is searching within the company and the world for the CEO who will replace Andre De Ruyter.