Pravin Gordhan Says There Is Light at the End of the Tunnel, Eskom Will Sort Itself Out in 2 Years

• Public Enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan has given a timeline for when loadshedding would finally end in South Africa
• He said that Eskom is working on solutions and the problems the parastatal faces are not caused by the current leadership
• Social media users took to the internet to share their reactions and opinions over the state of Eskom at the moment

JOHANNESBURG - Public Enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan has given South Africans hope that there will be literal light at the end of the tunnel.

He said that the issues Eskom is currently dealing with are not due to the current leadership of the parastatal.

Gordhan said that in about two years load shedding will be a thing of the past as the ANC focuses on increasing power generation and investing in renewable power solutions according to eNCA.

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Social media users took to the internet to share their opinions about the state of Eskom

@bmiselo82:

"Some people hate Ramaphosab to an extent that they can sell the country out of hate. They sabotage Eskom so that loadshedding can be a new thing, kuthiwe during Zuma we had 3 episodes of loadshedding a year. Ramaphosa is made not win winnable Court otherwise he bought judges."

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@Mndeni361:

"They can even move it to the moon, Eskom will not stop loadshedding in the country and load reduction in predominantly black areas."

@philliuNonjoni2:

"Transformation of Eskom Power Generation Plants personnel can only happen through a Training and Development Plan. Selection of hundreds of bright science and mathematics students put them through college and varsities, intern them at Eskom and develop a succession plan."

"Right noises": SA unfazed by Ramaphosa's plan to fix Eskom and end loadshedding

Earlier, Briefly News reported that President Cyril Ramaphosa held a state of the nation address to speak about Eskom and the loadshedding crisis in South Africa.

Ramaphosa announced several proposed plans to fix Eskom, including rehiring former Eskom employees and other skilled personnel to tackle the issues within the state-owned power utility.

The president stated that the skilled professionals will be sourced both locally and abroad, according to SABC News. Ramaphosa further added that additional generation capacity will be procured from power plants with extra capacity in the next three months.

Source: Briefly News