Family Feud presenter Steve Harvey cancels buying a house in South Africa over load-shedding

US comedian and Family Feud presenter Steve Harvey recently expressed his dismay about the embattled power utility’s load-shedding during an interview with journalist Devi Govender.

He revealed he would love to to buy a house in SA after the success of his popular quiz show in the country. However, he said the constant load-shedding might be the reason why he doesn’t.

“Dear Eskom, I’d love to purchase a house here but I would like to be able to walk in and have the lights on,” he said.

Dearest @Eskom_SA

I recently met @IAmSteveHarvey … and he asked me to pass this special message on to you.

Many thanks#TheDeviShow

PS. You are seriously embarrassing us now. pic.twitter.com/uE4gX71LX8

— DeviSankareeGovender (@Devi_HQ) May 18, 2021

“Why, on a continent with the most natural resources than any other continent in the world, can’t we have the lights on all the time? They’re on in Ghana, Nigeria and Botswana. They also have the lights on in Rwanda, but we can’t have that in SA? I’m very disappointed in that,” he said.

Eskom is implementing load-shedding this week, with stage 1 from 5pm to 10pm on Tuesday and downgraded from stage 2 after generation capacity improved.

“Over the past 24 hours, Eskom teams have returned seven generation units to service. This has helped ease the supply constraints, and enabled Eskom to suspend load-shedding at this point. However, this is currently insufficient to fully supply the evening peak,” it said.

Eskom said should there be further deterioration in generation capacity, load-shedding may be necessary, most likely between 5pm-10pm during the winter period.