WATCH | Ramaphosa and ministers to meet over Eskom stage 6 escalation

“Load-shedding is not a deliberate act by the government, by Eskom management. It's just what we are dealing with in terms of the power station that keeps breaking and this has been happening for quite some time and we are dealing with the problem,” he said.

After the stage 6 announcement, public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan demanded swift action from Eskom's board.

Ramaphosa did not give details on the meeting but said the government was working hard on the problem. 

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