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Johannesburg \u2013 President Cyril Ramaphosa is to address the nation on the country\u2019s energy crisis at 8pm on Monday night.<\/p>\n
Ramaphosa\u2019s address follows his visit last week to the Tutuka power station in Mpumalanga and Eskom\u2019s Megawatt Park headquarters in Sunninghill, Johannesburg, where Ramaphosa met with power station managers.<\/p>\n
The power station managers, the Presidency said, were tasked with giving the president an understanding about the challenges hindering the power utility\u2019s generation fleet.<\/p>\n
On top of meeting with stakeholders within Eskom, Ramaphosa also consulted with business leaders, civil society, labour and leaders of political parties, recently.<\/p>\n
On Friday, Eskom announced it was suspending load shedding for now, as it had managed to recover enough generation capacity after more than two months of load shedding.Load shedding reached a high of Stage 6 during a wildcat strike by Eskom employees demanding better wages.<\/p>\n
Eskom management and unions in the energy sector eventually agreed on a 7% wage hike, which would cost the power utility at least R1 billion.<\/p>\n
The Presidency said Ramaphosa would announce measures to address the country\u2019s ongoing issues relating to the energy crisis.<\/p>\n