Zuma happy with Eskom’s improved operational performance

07 May 2016 - 13:31 By TMG Digtital

President Jacob Zuma says he is happy with Eskom’s improved performance.He was speaking after a visit to the electricity parastatal’s head office at Megawatt Park north of Johannesburg on Friday where he met with the Eskom board‚ executive management team and employees. “I am happy with the progress that Eskom has made. By this time last year the situation was gloomy and there was no light at the end of the tunnel. The company is moving in the right direction and that gives us a bit of comfort‚” said Zuma. junkAccording to the Presidency‚ the President’s visit forms part of government’s concerted efforts to provide support to state-owned companies (SOCs) while also implementing the reforms that would make them more effective in delivering on their mandates.Eskom said its performance continued to improve gradually and that this week had been no different. “This week alone our unplanned outages or breakdowns were 6.87%‚ planned outages 12.79% and energy availability factor 79.69%.Does Nkandla get load-shedding? Watch Zuma's responseDuring a visit to Eskom's offices in Johannesburg on Friday, President Jacob Zuma was asked whether Nkandla ever had loadshedding. Watch his response. “In addition‚ we haven’t used our open cycle gas turbines this month at all. This is a continuation of the excellent performance for April 2016‚ where OCGT load factor was 0.36%‚” the electricity provider added...

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