In December, after losing four generating units, Eskom announced that rolling blackouts are on the cards this festive season.
Cabinet then announced that Deputy President, Cyril Ramaphosa would oversee the planned turnaround at Eskom.
According to Eskom’s spokesperson, Khulu Phasiwe, two generators collapsed after being struck by lighting and another two
were due to a mechanical fault. But only two had been restored to working conditions by the 16th of December.
As the crisis at Eskom worsens – with Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown warning in Parliament that power difficulties could be expected for the next two years, the board has been divided over sponsorship by Eskom of New Age breakfast briefings at a
cost of R43 million.
Read below for all the highlights of 2014 on the Eskom saga.
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