Eskom Update: Flickering Progress, Urgent Need for Broader Action

The briefing by the Minister of electricity painted a better but still concerning picture on the state of the Eskom fleet. The focus was again on the Eskom coal fleet and not much was mentioned around the implementation of the energy action plan in general. Minister mentioned the government’s take-over of the Eskom debt for Eskom to use their balance sheet in fixing the coal fleet as part of the energy action plan. He also mentioned that they have made some resources available from the facility made available by the private sector, but he did not elaborate on this. He did not give much information on new generation capacity apart from mentioning it in passing. The 100MW secured from Mozambique is still going through Eskom governance processes.