Minister experiences load shedding during live interview

Minister experiences load shedding during live interview

Minister of Social Development Lindiwe Zulu experienced load shedding during a live interview - and the moment was quite funny. 

Minister Lindiwe Zulu
Twitter/ Terri

Is there anything worst than getting your load shedding schedule wrong? 

On Wednesday, the embattled power utility Eskom implemented Stage 4 between 14:00 and 22:00 in order to ration the remaining emergency generation reserves. 

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On Thursday morning, Eskom announced that Stage 3 will be implemented from 08:00 until 22:00.

This constant change of stages causes a lot of confusion and anger for South Africans, while everyone is struggling to keep warm and work. 

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Another South African that experienced load shedding at the worst time ever was Minister of Social Development, Lindiwe Zulu

On Wednesday evening, Minister Zulu was interviewed on SABC News on 'The Watchdog' show and unexpectedly experienced load shedding. 

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While talking about what the social development department is doing to deliver, her power went out. 

"Oh, no!" the Minister said. 

Watch the funny moment below: 

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Image Credit: Twitter/ Terri

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