President Ramaphosa acknowledged before the Commission that the Gupta family’s influence was not detected or addressed until it was too late.
Magnus Heystek joins Alec Hogg to talk all things topical on this Wednesday, namely Cape Independence, chaos at Medupi and Cadre deployment.
“Eskom found that there was a deviation from procedure that led to the incident and placed managers involved under precautionary suspension.”
Power utility Eskom has confirmed that an explosion at unit 4 of Medupi power station on Sunday night caused “extensive damage” to the generator.
“The incident took place late on Aug. 8 and is suspected of having caused another unit to trip, Eskom said in a statement.”
Eskom plants Kusile and Medupi still can’t deliver on promised output. Chris Yelland looks at the problems which plunge SA into darkness.
Alec Hogg asked energy expert Chris Yelland who he felt was to blame for the problems at the all-important Medupi and Kusile power stations.
Energy expert Chris Yelland unpacks what went wrong in the latest loadshedding schedule imposed on electricity users and concludes that it is “the stuff of nightmares.”
South African business confidence increased from the lowest level in more than three decades. A sentiment index compiled by the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Eleven years after construction started on Eskom’s massive 4,800MW Kusile coal-fired power station in Mpumalanga province, South Africa, not one of its six 800MW generator units is currently delivering power into the grid.