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Engineering News reports that Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan on Tuesday evening said he was hopeful that Eskom would be able to avoid implementing Stage 6 load-shedding for a second day on Wednesday, after the power utility and unions had reached a wage agreement earlier in the day.
Eskom on Tuesday afternoon announced that it would implement Stage 6 load-shedding from 16:00 to 22:00 on Tuesday and Wednesday, after unlawful industrial action had worsened its ability to generate electricity. Gordhan said striking employees would be requested to return to work on Wednesday morning. He was hopeful that Eskom would then be able to undertake the necessary clean-up and restart of power station units, as well as resume maintenance activities that had to be put on hold as a result of the industrial action. The Minister, in an appeal to unions and others who might be inspiring the activity at Eskom's power stations over recent days, said "now is not the time to interfere in electricity supply." He condemned the acts of violence that had taken place, saying it was unacceptable that some nonstriking employees had had their homes and cars petrol bombed and vehicle tyres slashed, among other forms of intimidation. The minister noted that the intimidation had resulted in more than 90% of staff not being at work at the majority of Eskom's power stations on Monday and Tuesday.
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