Eskom’s departure from its almost daily “risk of load shedding remains low today” announcement on Monday had many thinking the 36-day outage-free streak had come to an end. ‏@Eskom_SA tweeted: “Good morning. The probability of load shedding is low for this morning and medium for this evening.”Twitter follower @Jayzee2d replied to the update with “Now it starts...”‚ while ‏@MuziEezeK said: “@eskom_sa ...and we're back! #loadshedding”‚ and ‏@hdensum resignedly tweeted: “@Eskom_SA Thank you for the warning”.‏@cda3108‚ however‚ went further by referencing the Sunday Times’ lead story when he asked:@Eskom_SA Why? Gupta coal broken power stations?— Carlos De Andrade (@cda3108) September 14, 2015asyncOn Sunday‚ the newspaper reported that Eskom “has gone to extraordinary lengths to make sure the powerful Gupta family landed a R4-billion coal deal…to supply Majuba power station in Mpumalanga with coal for the next 10 years”.The report said the deal was secured despite four tests done for the power utility showing that coal from thwe Tegeta's Brakfontein colliery was substandard.The Guptas‚ the Sunday Times said‚ are “regularly in the news for their close ties to President Jacob Zuma and for scoring government favours”.Nazeem Howa issued a statement from Oakbay Investments which took issue with the report: “…The Sunday Times again tries to place the Gupta family in the middle of its reporting.“Oakbay Investments‚ the family’s primary vehicle holds less than 50% of the shareholding in Tegeta‚ so to place the Guptas in the headline is once again mischievous and misleading.“The Sunday Times allegation that Tegeta failed quality tests four times before the agreement was signed is also without any basis of fact‚ and interestingly flies in the face of the allegations of the Gupta family being politically-connected.“One must wonder how can a business in which the family which is said to be that connected struggle for almost four years to secure a supply agreement from Eskom.”..