Cape Town - Eskom’s cash flow is not strong enough to renew contracts with independent power producers who fed almost 800 megawatts into the national grid over the past two years.
This is one of the reasons the mandate of the electricity crisis "war room" was expanded this week to include control of the utility’s financial affairs.
Meanwhile, yet another strike erupted at the Medupi power plant on Wednesday, while several meetings were held to address the electricity crisis.