News24 | De Ruyter claims load shedding holiday is due to diesel burning ‘at a rate of knots’

Former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter. (Brenton Geach/Gallo Images)

Former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter. (Brenton Geach/Gallo Images)

The only reason load shedding had abated for the past 40-odd days was because the utility was burning diesel at a “rate of knots”, claims former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter.

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