Cape Town - 121022 - South African power utility Eskom has applied to more than double the price of its electricity over the next five years. The state-owned utility said it has applied for a 16 percent annual increase for five years from April 2013 to March 2018. Many South Africans are struggling with the current cost of electricity. Pictured is teacher Michael Guzana with his son Hluma Guzana. Reporter: Yolisa Tswana PICTURE: SUPPLIED
Published Jan 27, 2015
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Johannesburg - Eskom said on Tuesday it had widened the outages it implemented earlier in the day to prevent the national grid from being overwhelmed as demand threatens to outstrip capacity.
Eskom said on its website that it was moving its controlled outages from “Stage One” to “Stage Two”, which means it has to reduce 2 000 MW from the grid from 1 000 MW earlier.
The company said the blackouts will remain until 10pm on Tuesday.
Reuters
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