Gordhan misleads the nation on loadshedding to appease the ANC
28 October 2021
Note to Editors: Please find an attached soundbite by Ghaleb Cachalia MP
Instead of providing an honest assessment of the true state of the grid, Minister of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan made misleading promises on the steps that his Department and Eskom were taking to address the loadshedding crisis.
In his address, Gordhan gave the false assurance that 2000MW will be made available this morning as some units have been brought back online. He said this additional capacity would take the country to stage 3 of loadshedding.
Despite Gordhan’s assurance, South Africans woke up this morning to the same stage 4 rolling blackouts that they had been subjected to the previous day. It beggars belief that, instead of playing open cards with the nation during a crisis, Gordhan decided that it was better to mislead.