Cape Town – South Africans expressed their outrage on social media after they woke up to news from Eskom saying that Stage 4 load shedding was implemented at 05:30 on Tuesday morning.
According to Eskom, stage 4 was implemented due to the breakdowns of five generators at five power stations overnight.
Stage 4 loadshedding was implemented at 05:30 due to breakdowns of five generators at five power stations overnight. The loadshedding will be implemented until further notice.
— Eskom Hld SOC Ltd (@Eskom_SA) October 18, 2022
South Africans were expected to only be experiencing Stage 2 load shedding until Wednesday, but stage 4 has now been implemented until further notice.
Load shedding was crowned South Africa’s Word of the Year 2022 by Pan South African Language Board (Pansalb) on Monday.
Social media users responded to the public utility’s tweet, expressing their anger at the sudden implementation of stage 4 outages, as well as the reason for it.
Overnight you say??? How dumb do u really think we are
— Shaun Morton (@NothingButShaun) October 18, 2022
Tsek man?
— Thabo Phasoana (@Pass1TJ) October 18, 2022
Just announce Stage 15 spread across 5 years. Reductions must not be below Stage 6. We’ll get used to darkness
— #JusticeforMyDaughter (@Native_Castro) October 18, 2022
Everyday we say “Yoh” in this country.
— Princess ?? (@Sisi_Sasha) October 18, 2022
Wtf!!!!! ?????
— Na Omi (@ceenaomi) October 18, 2022
And it doesn’t stop…
Cyril rushed back from the Queens funeral to do what?— Joe (@docbug64) October 18, 2022
This can’t be life… The utility is on auto pilot…
— TeaTee (@thatomolorane) October 18, 2022
We’re in so much trouble…
— ?? Porbosky (Licensed-AME) ?? (@Porbosky_ZA) October 18, 2022
5 Power Stations tripped all at once? Nee fok mahn!
This is done deliberately and it happens each time Ramaphosa goes on State Visits. Follow this trend. Right now we can’t afford SAA flight tickets, imagine what’s going to happen if they succeed with Eskom privatization plan ?
— Kagiso Monyadiwa (@KagisoMonyadiwa) October 18, 2022
Small business in the townships are the most affected, maybe that’s your plan because big businesses are not affected
— Allen (@Allen06372673) October 18, 2022
@CyrilRamaphosa Mr President, you cut your trip in the USA short to sort out this Eskom mess. Yet here we are, five generators at five power stations, HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE. Who is fooling who here @PresidencyZA
— I AM WHAT I AM (@hills007) October 18, 2022
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Compiled by Junaid Benjamin
