He Eskom says the failure to return several power units from planned maintenance has resulted in a loss of more than 3,000 megawatts, prompting power cuts. The utility's top brass, and Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, gave an update on the state of the power grid earlier today, a day after stage 2 load shedding was implemented.  Thabiso Kotane speaks to Energy Analyst, Prof. Vally Padayachee. alth Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, confirms that the South African HIV/AIDS programme is not collapsing.