De Ruyter dismissed sabotage as reason for stage 6 load shedding
Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter says there is no reason to believe sabotage played a role in the latest bout of stage 6 load shedding.
De Ruyter briefed South Africans on the way forward after the power utility ramped up the blackouts on Sunday morning.
Eskom implemented stage 6 load shedding on Sunday following a trip at a generation unit each at Kusile and Kriel power stations.
“Maintenance teams are working flat out to bring back units as quickly as they can,” De Ruyter said.
“We are planning to bring back 1 590MW by Sunday evening, and 3 500MW by Monday evening.”
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An additional R500 million has also been made available to purchase more diesel.”
De Ruyter said the power utility may be able to lower the power cuts to stage 5 on Sunday afternoon depending on units returning to service.
