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WATCH: Mantashe accuses Eskom of agitating for the overthrowing of the state

JOHANNESBURG - Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe says that Eskom is agitating for the overthrow of the state.

This as businesses and homes are going up to 10 hours a day without electricity as Stage 6 blackouts are implemented.

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"Eskom has 48,000 megawatts connected but at best it was 26,000 megawatts and that’s where this gap is," he said.

"If Eskom can attend to that then we will have a solution. Any other government could be overthrown as a result of load-shedding, any government.

"So Eskom by not attending to load-shedding is actively agitating for the overthrow of the state." 

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