Electricity not being exported, says Eskom

Eskom says that electricity is not being exported to neighbouring countries when there is no surplus.

But isn't it a bit late for President Thabo Mbeki to be meeting with Eskom management to ascertain the extent of the problem? According to Cosatu, it was President Thabo Mbeki himself who opposed Eskom's plans to expand its generating capacity.

clipped from www.iol.co.za Eskom has stopped supplying electricity to neighbouring countries amid the dire shortage in South Africa, it said on Sunday. The power company only sold electricity when it had a surplus, said spokesperson Sipho Neke. Of the electricity generated by Eskom, 95 percent is used locally. The rest is exported to Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe. The country's electricity crisis was debated at length during the African National Congress's three-day meeting, which closed in Midrand on Sunday, said the party's secretary-general Gwede Mantashe. President Thabo Mbeki will meet this week with Eskom management to ascertain the extent of the problem and the company's remedial plans.