The disintegration of Eskom's power generation capacity since early January has been largely due to unexpected failures as well as shortages of coal over a three-week period. It emerged this week that none of its coal-fired power stations was operating at full capacity.
Local collieries have rallied to meet Eskom's urgent call for delivery of about 5 million tons of coal within four months to restore depleted power station stockpiles to 20 days of supply.
Maroga said this week that there were "insufficient coal stocks" to protect against "major coal supply interruptions" at five of Eskom's stations.
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