Eskom ends load shedding early this weekend Updated
Steve Bhengu
AFP
On Friday the utility announced it was implementing stage 2 power cuts from midday, until 11 o clock tonight. It said it had to shut down five generating units at the Medupi Power Station in Limpopo after the province was pounded by torrential downpours caused by tropical storm Eloise.
However now Eskom says it s ended load shedding at 8 O Clock this morning.
Spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha says they ve successfully restored generation capacity. Since Friday Eskom teams returned four generational units to service at the Medupi power station as coal constraints have improved , he said.
Sat 12th December 2020 | 01:30 AM
Johannesburg, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 12th Dec, 2020 ) :A subsidiary of Swedish-Swiss multinational firm ABB will return $100 million corruptly paid to it five years ago for the construction of a power plant, South Africa s state utility Eskom said Friday Eskom said in a statement that following lengthy investigation and negotiations, a deal had been reached with ABB South Africa for the repayment of 1.56 billion rand ($103-million) related to a contract unlawfully awarded through corrupt means for work at the Kusile power station .
State-owned utility Eskom, in its quest to ease pressure on its fleet of ageing and poorly-maintained power stations, commissioned the construction of two coal-fired plants in 2007.