Eskom says it will be keeping the lights on for good
There will be no more load shedding in South Africa - that's what the president has been told.
President Jacob Zuma visited the power utility's Megawatt Park head office in Sunninghill, Johannesburg today where he was promised load shedding was a thing of the past.
The power utility's Khulu Phasiwe says with all the maintenance done on the system, they've been able to build resilience making them confident they'll be able to provide an uninterrupted power supply to South Africans.
"We as Eskom are doing everything possible not to go back to load shedding. So in other words we want to stabilise the company so that we can go back to those days before load shedding started happening," said Phasiwe.
Phasiwe says today's commitment to never load shed again wasn't just to please the president.
"What we were doing was not grandstanding. What we were doing was to please you and I as consumers of electricity and also to boost economic development, "he said.
"Today I was assured by Eskom Management - there's a plan inplace, to ensure #Eskom does not load shed again." #Zuma pic.twitter.com/r4AxrsjxrO
— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) May 6, 2016