Ramokgopa: Load-shedding helps Eskom not to overspend its diesel budget

Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa. (Photo: Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)

Diesel is used to run the open cycle gas turbines which have been used to reduce the higher stages of power cuts

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