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The 40 days free of energy outages is a result of maintenance of the electricity system, lower peak-time demand and the return to service of units at Koeberg, M

Minister in the Presidency for Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, says the

Minister in the Presidency for Electricity, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, has said that the end of load shedding is “within touching distance”.

Marokane added that Eskom hopes to reduce unplanned outages across its fleet by another 1 700MW before winter.

The damage at Kusile deprived electricity users of their combined generation capacity of 2 400MW for most of last year.

By Friday morning, South Africans will have had a 10-day reprieve from load shedding – with no rotational blackouts since 5am last Tuesday.

The Secretary-General of the ANC, Fikile Mbalula, had made a similar claim in early 2023.

Breakdowns of Eskom generation plants – basically coal units – are down 7% in the last 14 weeks and over 10% since January 1. 

Eskom said Load limiting was successfully implemented in Fourways and will now be rolled out to several other Areas in Gauteng

Eskom’s load-shedding may be in abatement for now, but there’s still a sizeable mountain to climb for SA’s embattled power utility.