WATCH: Eskom in focus as load-shedding threatens SA’s growth prospects

Eskom’s Megawatt Park headquarters in Johannesburg. Picture: BLOOMBERG/WALDO SWIEGERS

The focus on Eskom’s woes have sharpened as the state-owned utility continues to implement load-shedding. Unreliable power supply remains SA’s largest growth inhibitor, according to PwC, which estimates that blackouts reduced real GDP growth by 3 percentage points in 2021. Business Day TV spoke to independent energy analyst Ted Blom about the situation and what can be done to fix the problems.

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A heated and amusing exchange with Eskom board member Busisiwe MavusoIn the midst of load-shedding this week, parliament’s public accounts committee visited the Medupi and Kusile power stations and held a meeting with Eskom bosses on Friday. Uzozisola Soon, sebelaxaza abelungu. Pityana No.2 twerking for WMC sies, she once wrote about Privatisation of Eskom. Maybe MkhulekoHlengwa ParliamentofRSA can explain the role played by CyrilRamaphosa and other MYANC deployed cadres in the Eskom_SA War Room to bring us to the brink of a grid collapse Why are you writing Herman as Hairman?
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Ahmed Areff | Thank you Eskom and Elon, but I’d like to choose my own darkness | Fin24On the Otter Trail, Ahmed Areff relished the idea of willingly giving up his cell reception, access to social media, good meals and electricity to reconnect with the darkness the prefers. AhmedAreff Fin24 Im willing to be an errand boy, a gardener or any form of odd job just to feed my children🙏🏾. They've been going to sleep on an empty stomach and that cripples me as a father. I humbly ask for any tinned food or grocer you don't need🙏
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Mashaba: 'Criminals who destroyed Eskom are in government, Dubai and roaming the streets with impunity'Mashaba said Eskom's explanations for the crisis were depressing. Being the head of the home isn't easy, you are expected to provide for the home, I lost my job during the pandemic and relied on the little money I had,things were hard until I met Williamchurch07 and started Bitcoin trading, I earned R500,000 in 3 weeks thanks Williamchurch07 South Africa has so much potential left in it, but this will not be realised under the MYANC ... We just hope the electorate votes wisely come 2024 ( 'Act as 1' )... The damage caused by these comrades is severe but fortunately reversible (befr the 2030 failed state projection)
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Forget Eskom, go renewable | CitypressSouth Africa can forget about Eskom ever properly repairing its struggling coal-fired power stations. It is going to be downhill all the way from now, and a total collapse of the power network is no longer just a theoretical possibility Where is thabo mbeki? This mess started with him ignoring Eskom's engineers. Being the head of the home isn't easy, you are expected to provide for the home, I lost my job during the pandemic and relied on the little money I had,things were hard until I met Williamchurch07 and started Bitcoin trading, I earned R500,000 in 3 weeks thanks Williamchurch07 Off-topic. I'm wondering if the KZN flood disaster doesn't present an opportunity for SA and ESKOM to look into Hydropower production...? I mean we partly understand that the floods were coming downstream and wiped outhouses. That's enough water pressure to produce electricity
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Mashaba: 'Criminals who destroyed Eskom are in government, Dubai and roaming the streets with impunity'Mashaba said Eskom's explanations for the crisis were depressing. Being the head of the home isn't easy, you are expected to provide for the home, I lost my job during the pandemic and relied on the little money I had,things were hard until I met Williamchurch07 and started Bitcoin trading, I earned R500,000 in 3 weeks thanks Williamchurch07 HermanMashaba is so afraid of these white incompetent people. Eskom was functioning well under Zuma. It's De Ruyter that is failing eskom Special interests groups are at work. Racism and hate of whites is of such extreme level they will rather destroy everything and use people of SA like canon fodder to achieve their goals for power and riches.
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Tempers in parliament demonstrate how Eskom is adding to our stress loadsDecades of indecision driven by political dogma and an inability to plan ahead, the deployment of unqualified people into critical positions, as well as plain corruption, have seen what was once among the biggest energy companies in the world being brought to its knees.
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