In a viral Tik-Tok video a content creator whose username is Thando comedy, made a video where he showcased how stage 10 loadshedding would work in South Africa.
In the video created by the comedian, in a form of a skit, the comedian joked about how South Africa, when it reaches stage 10 will not even be allowed to make themselves food to eat.
In the video the creator is seen trying to cook using fire, however, the fire is stopped by an official because stage 10 loadshedding now includes fire.
@thando_comedy Loadshedding stage 10 be like #eskom #loadshedding #trendingSA ft @Percy_comedy ♬ original sound – Thandokwakhe Mseleku
South Africa is currently experiencing issues with power cuts due to the breakdowns of two generating units at Grootvlei power station, as well as one unit each at Arnot, Duvha, Kendal, Kriel and Tutuka power stations.
And in addition two units at Arnot, a unit each at Camden, Kendal and Kriel power stations have been delayed in returning to service.
Ted Blom, an energy expert told IOL news that:
“Given (the) Koeberg (situation), this will lead to Stage 7 automatically unless a miracle happens. There is no diesel cushion to break the free fall. Only God can save us,” he told the publication.
According to energy analyst, Lungile Mashele, this means that South Africa should brace itself to be without electricity for between 12 to 14 hours per day.
She said, comparing the country’s power crisis to that of Zimbabwe’s, it was a testament of how bad things have become not just at Eskom, but in SA.
Speaking to eNCA, she said at Stage 6, the country was without electricity for up to 10 to 12 hours per day.
“We can anticipate that at Stage 8 we will not have electricity for about 12 to 14 hours. I hate making this comparison, but if you look at what is happening in Zimbabwe currently, they have no electricity for around 19 hours, but theirs is not on a rotational basis,” she said.
In an interview with SABC, Sampson Mamphweli said Eskom’s power stations broke down at any time and if there were further issues, higher stages of load shedding would take effect.
According to ILO news Eskom confirmed the outage of Koeberg Unit 1 has been delayed to this afternoon to get some time to stabilise the system.
The unit was said to undergo refuelling and maintenance starting this week.
Currently, Stage 6 load shedding will continue to be implemented until 5am on Friday before moving to Stage 5 until 5am on Saturday.
However social media users were amazed by the comedian’s imaginary thoughts as they cracked jokes about the issues.
Here is what peeps had to say regarding the video of the Tik-Tok content creator:
Vuyo@0713 commented:
“That’s really the next step, and switching off our candles and lamps now.”
Rags Wox commented:
“No. This is tage 9. Stage 10, they turn off the sun.”
Frank. Masete12 commented:
“Stage 15 no one is allowed to open their eyes.”
Moriski commented:
“South Africans can make a joke about serious things.”
