While Eskom is on track to meet its immediate maintenance needs, the drop in electricity demand that came with the lockdown has been a lost opportunity for the utility to get to grips with its long-term maintenance needs, spokesperson Sikhonathi Mantshantsha told Fin24 on Wednesday.
Ramaphosa declared the lockdown in a bid to stem the spread of the Covid-19 novel coronavirus, which has claimed five lives in South Africa and had risen to 1 353 cases as of Tuesday. The lockdown’s stipulation that the majority of the population is bound to weigh on the economy, which recently entered a fresh technical recession.
However, Mantshantsha said long-term maintenance would not be an option during the lockdown period, as to plan this kind of maintenance often takes months.
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