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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Cape Town \u2013 With phase 2 of the vaccination rollout starting today across nine provinces and at 87 sites, the DA has called on Eskom to provide an urgent state-of-the-system update and explain how its load-shedding schedule will be managed to ensure it does not affect the rollout process.<\/p>\n

Just minutes before it began at 5pm yesterday, Eskom announced load shedding would be implemented until 10pm on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

DA Ghaleb Cachalia said on Monday this was yet another reminder that Eskom\u2019s current status, capacity and operational constraints remain an ever-present threat to South Africa\u2019s slow economic recovery. The latest load shedding was due to a \u2019\u2019failure of three generation units at Tutuka due to loss of air compressors, a unit at Majuba was forced to shut down, while another unit tripped\u2019\u2019, Eskom said on Sunday.<\/p>\n

This amid questions having been raised about the stability of the Health Department\u2019s electronic vaccination data system (EVDS) after reports it \u2019\u2019collapsed\u2019\u2019 last week. More than 1 million people had registered on the EVDS and subsequently needed to receive SMSes confirming their appointments.<\/p>\n

The DA had already urged Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan in January \u2019\u2019to give absolute certainty that medical and vaccine storage facilities will be protected against Eskom and his governance incompetence\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u2019\u2019It is of particular concern that load shedding will impact the rollout of vaccines sorely needed in the face of the continuing Covid pandemic,\u2019\u2019 Cachalia said.<\/p>\n

\u2019\u2019What is required is a transparent assessment of capacity for the winter months so people and companies can plan ahead. An urgent state of the system update will be key in ensuring that the efficacy and storage of vaccines is not impacted negatively.<\/p>\n

\u2019\u2019The return of load shedding underscores the urgent need to open the market to more generation capacity funded by the private sector. The DMRE (Department of Mineral Resources and Energy) needs to up its game in this regard.<\/p>\n

\u2019\u2019A case in point is an application form the mining company, Goldfields, for a 40MW plant which took four years to get approval.<\/p>\n

\u2019\u2019Eskom and the country is in dire need of additional capacity and it is clear that no further delays must be forthcoming; indeed, an acceleration is called for. We are in urgent need of an augmentation of 4000MWs.<\/p>\n

\u2019\u2019A clear mandate for the private sector to step in where the public sector has failed is what is needed \u2013 not the dithering and delays as our days dim and darken.<\/p>\n

\u2019\u2019Just what the SOE President\u2019s Council is doing or has done since its inception in June 2020 is a matter of concern \u2013 even more so as the president appears to be preoccupied with internal party wrangles while the lights dim across the country.<\/p>\n

\u2019\u2019The DA demands a decisive announcement from the president, his Council and the two ministers responsible for Eskom and Energy.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

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