President Zuma will on Wednesday, 27 July 2016, attend the celebration of Commercialisation of Units at Ingula Pumped Station, in Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal as part of government’s massive infrastructure development programme.

On 10 June 2016, Eskom announced that its Ingula Unit 4 had been commercialised and has further since successfully synchronised its last unit, Unit 1 to the National Grid on 16 June 2016.

The Ingula Unit 1, with its 333MW capacity, now completes the synchronisation of all the Ingula units totaling 1332MW ahead of time.

The Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme is Eskom’s capacity expansion programme, which also includes the two coal fired powered stations, Medupi in Lephalale, Limpopo and Kusile near Witbank in Mpumalanga.


Details of the celebration are as follows:


Date:              Wednesday, 27 July 2016

Time:             11h00

Venue:           Ingula Pumped Station, Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal


Members of the media should send their details to Richard Mantu on 072 488 1520 or richard.mantu@dpe.gov.za  or Proffesor Ndawonde on 079 891 2782 or proffesor@presidency.gov.za or proff.sbhene@gmail.com

Enquiries: Dr Bongani Ngqulunga on 082 308 9373 or bongani@presidency.gov.za