PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma has described his visit to power parastatal, Eskom as fruitful, giving him the assurance that load shedding is a thing of the past. The President visited the power parastatal’s offices on Friday, at Megawatt Park, in Sunninghill. He said previously there has been problems of load shedding and it was important for him to visit the parastatal to ensure operations were running smoothly.

“Today I was assured that there will never be load shedding. I feel confident, we have won,” he said, while also paying tribute to the leadership at the company.

In addition, President Zuma was informed that in the near future, South Africa will have a surplus of energy.

Eskom group chief executive, Brian Molefe, said Eskom was happy about the President’s visit.

“We are very excited about the President’s visit and he spoke to the people who ensure that we have the energy we require. We expect to go through winter without load shedding,” said Molefe.