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Kusile units come back on line but darkness still looms for SA

power battle

WHILE the return of unit one at the Kusile Power Station has been welcomed, energy experts have warned of the possibility of a breakdown at the plant.

The state power utility this week announced that it had made significant progress in its fight against load shedding, with the recovery of unit one at Kusile after a year of being out of service.

Three units at the plant went off-line in October last year after a mechanical fault.

Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has indicated that four units that were off-line at the power station would return to service by the end of this year.

Units one, three and four are back online,

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