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Eskom has called a media briefing to update South Africans on its latest challenges, which have led to erratic power-cut schedules for the past week, and more load shedding scheduled for at least the rest of the week.
The power utility has been battling to fill its diesel tanks for their open turbine generators, which have been costing South Africans R500,000 per hour each to run.
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Meanwhile, the Black Business Council (BBC) has called for Eskom CEO André de Ruyter and the entire board to step down over the electricity crisis in the country.
Though the BBC was among the first to congratulate De Ruyter on his appointment in November 2019, it said it had since realised that two years later, the country had nothing to show but the highest number of power cuts in its history.
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