Eskom dismisses power outage hoax

Eskom has dismissed a viral statement about an imminent blackout in the country which resurfaced recently.

The statement said it was a malicious hoax aimed at creating unnecessary panic.

“The power system is currently stable, and there has not been any need to implement load shedding in the past seven days,” said Eskom’s acting chief executive, Brian Molefe.

In April, government joined Eskom in dismissing a hoax statement that was going viral alleging that Eskom had notified government in a special meeting that the national power grid could possibly crash and plunge South Africa into darkness for over two weeks.