MTN South Africa plans to install green-energy solutions at its head office as it moves to meet its own net-zero targets by 2040.
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The state-owned utility, which is struggling with broken coal-fired power stations, said it will impose stage-3 power cuts on both Saturday and Sunday.
Karpowership will re-file an application to the environment department in a bid to move its project forward at a time when South Africa is suffering its worst-ever power cuts.
Eskom’s worst-ever bout of load shedding will continue indefinitely at stage 4, instead of the previous mix of stage 3 and stage 4.
Fixing South Africa’s broken utility and its rickety power system is proving a crucial test for the ANC ahead of elections in 2024.
Government will make changes to Eskom’s board of directors after electricity outages reached record levels this year.
For every person living in this country, the past two weeks of load shedding have been extremely frustrating and challenging. The widespread public anger is wholly justified.
In an update on Friday, Eskom said it plans to move to stage-4 load shedding on Saturday and stage 3 on Sunday as it continues battling plant breakdowns.
South African power cuts should ease over coming days, according to public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan.
The city has published a tender to build a grid-tied solar plant next year as it moves to shield its residents from the impact of load shedding.