Previous record of 30,000 gigawatt hours exceeded as the cut rises to 36,000 gigawatt hours
South Africa’s state-owned electricity utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. will extend the worst blackouts on record to a fourth day as the firm struggles to recover from a strike that prevented as many as 90% of staff at some power plants from going to work. Picturef: BLOOMBERG
It has raised its wage offer to unions to 7%, according to people familiar with the information, an attempt to break a deadlock that led the utility to cut enough power to supply 4-million SA homes. Workers went on a rampage, torching homes of senior officials and blocking entry into plants. “Due to the unlawful and unprotected strike, which has caused widespread disruption to Eskom’s power plants, Eskom is still unable to return some generators to service,” the company said.
But rolling blackouts imposed by Eskom put paid to that as investors fret about the effect on an economy already strained by the pandemic, catastrophic floods and destructive protests.
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