Electricity
'Eskom misleads us a lot, there isn’t much put aside for maintenance'
Refilwe Moloto interviews energy expert Adil Nchabeleng.
John Maytham interviews energy analyst Chris Yelland of EE Business Intelligence.
Gordhan took aim at opposition speakers who accused the African National Congress (ANC) of running the power utility into the ground and presiding over a criminal looting network at the state-owned company.
Breakfast host Refilwe Moloto chats to Professor Thinus Booysen from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Stellenbosch University.
City Power said there have been about ten power outage incidents and has had to attend to them in the area.
Kgomotso Diale was shot and killed on Monday, allegedly by Lesotho nationals at the Chicken Farm informal settlement after community members went to ask about the recent theft of power cables.
More than 100 residents in the Eindhoven area had been without power since receiving homes last year, which were prioritised for the elderly and the disabled.
On Monday, Eskom met with residents at the Zoe Church in the area where they held a switch-on ceremony.
In a major ruling last week, the SCA found that Eskom was legally entitled to receive payment from municipalities for the electricity it supplied them.
Over 100 residents of the area in Delft have for months been pleading with the City of Cape Town and Eskom to connect them to the power grid.
A team of workers was threatened, and their vehicle was vandalised by protesting residents earlier this week.
City Power, police and JMPD officers took part in a blitz operation in the area on Tuesday to remove illegal connections.
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has plans for the metro to become the first city in South Africa to be free of rolling power cuts.
The metro has been cutting off water and electricity supply to several business and government departments whose accounts have been in arrears for more than three months.
The city is owed around R17 billion in rates, power and other services.
In a statement, the city said that its aggressive and unprecedented revenue collection campaign was aimed at clawing back some of the R17 billion sitting on its debtor's book by cutting off electricity and water.
The utility said the community is denying its workers access to the area to install prepaid meters.
There's been a power outage in the area since Friday due to faulty cables.
City Power said the blaze may have been sparked by lightning. However, the utility is investigating to determine if there was any foul play.