EWN reports that labour federation Cosatu says that Eskom cannot blame coronavirus for failing to meet its obligation to supply power to the country.  

According to the state-owned power utility, Covid-19 was having an impact on operations, with 48 contractors having been infected at the Medupi power station alone.  It said that this had negatively affected their ability to do their work as planned.  But Cosatu said it was not accepting that excuse because essential services entities such as Eskom should have put measures and plans in place.  Spokesperson Sizwe Pamla:  "They've been given ample time to put protocols and systems in place to make sure that they avoid Covid-19 overhauling their systems. But Eskom was saying the same thing in the fourth quarter of 2019, long before Covid-19 came to our shore, they're making the same excuses."  On Monday morning, stage 2 load shedding was in operation.

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