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\nBY RETHABILE RADEBE<\/b><\/p>\n

Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>South Africans were surprised when electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said the country would have a full supply of electricity for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n

During a media briefing earlier this week, he gave an update on the energy plan and said Eskom’s units were performing \u201cexceptionally\u201d well.There have been no scheduled blackouts for a week after Eskom suspended load-shedding last Thursday following \u201cconsistent improvement in available generating capacity\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring this period, we’ve seen an exceptionally good performance by these units outside the issues of reduced demand. What we’ve seen is the system has been healthy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe problem we have is the system is healthy in periods. So what we want to achieve is to ensure we maintain that consistency, that the system remains healthy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

South Africans have become apprehensive about believing the government because more often than not it makes U-turns on communication about suspending scheduled power cuts.<\/p>\n

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula came under fire when he backtracked on earlier remarks about load-shedding ending this month.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Africa<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BY RETHABILE RADEBE Africa-Press – South-Africa. South Africans were surprised when electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said the country would have a full supply of electricity for the foreseeable future. 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