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The Mayor of Johannesburg Mpho Phalatse spoke during the city's first Energy Indaba and said she wants to stabilise the power supply and offset loadshedding.
The Minister of Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe said he does not understand why Eskom has resorted to loadshedding and says the power utility has reserves.
Power utility Eskom announced that stage two loadshedding would continue into the weekend with rolling blackouts between 8 am and 10 pm on Saturday and Sunday.
President Cyril Ramaphosa said that it is unlikely that Eskom will implement Stage 8 loadshedding despite the power utility dealing with more sabotage cases.
A woman shared a video of how she has mastered the skill of hacking her prepaid electricity meter to give her more watts by simply punching a series of digits.
Stellenbosch Grade 11 learner, Dashayin “Dash” Gilbert, won more than R16 000 in the physics and astronomy category at the ISEF held in Atlanta in the USA.
Energy analyst Mike Roussow has warned that there is a better than 50% chance that Mzansi will go above level 3 and 4 loadsheddding and a possibility of stage 8
The leader of EFF Julius Malema believes that the loadshedding crisis with Eskom is purposely created by government to incapacitate the state-owned utility.
An energy analyst Ted Blom believes that loadshedding is likely to continue until April 2023 and accuses Eskom management of withholding information from SA.
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