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Eskom Escalates Loadshedding Amid Generation Unit Outages

SOUTH AFRICA
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa used his State of the Nation Address (SONA) to sum up the achievements of the African National Congress (ANC) over the past three decades, including those of the sixth administration. The speech was widely seen as an appeal to the voter base to rally behind the ANC ahead of the upcoming national and provincial elections.
  • Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor accused Israeli intelligence of trying to intimidate her after the recent International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling on the situation in Gaza and said that she asked Police Minister Bheki Cele to beef up her security.
  • Eskom ramped up loadshedding to Stage 4 until further notice due to two additional generation units being taken out of service for repairs.

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