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Annual statistics, released by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research on Tuesday, paint a grim picture of the reliability of Eskom’s ailing infrastructure.
In stage 6 of load-shedding, Eskom needs to cut 6 000MW from the grid – but this week it was forced to shed over 7 000MW.
While Eskom has eased load shedding to Stage 5, on Monday evening, nearly 7 000 MW – associated with Stage 7 - were shed from the grid.
This is the very definition of 'too close for comfort'. Figures shared by Eskom show that we came 'within a whisker' of Stage 7 load shedding.