Government has held urgent meetings to find ways to ease record rolling power cuts, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in his weekly letter to the nation.
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South Africa is teetering on the brink of its most severe power cuts yet, just months after government announced emergency measures to try and end load shedding.
South Africa’s economy contracted back to pre-pandemic size in the second quarter, weakened by the country’s worst-ever power cuts.
The simple unbundling of South Africa’s power sector alluded to by the president could herald a new era in South Africa’s energy future.
The presidency said government has made significant progress in structural reforms, including the successful auctioning off of broadband spectrum.
Minister in the presidency Mondli Gungubele said government is focused on adding as much new generation capacity to the grid as possible, as quickly as possible.
Webber Wentzel legal experts unpack the practical considerations of five key interventions proposed by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday to end load shedding.
Eskom has welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s efforts to liberalise the energy sector, saying it will give the utility the space to increase maintenance.
Telkom has gone to court to have President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to order a probe into alleged malfeasance at the company declared unconstitutional and invalid.
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday night scrapped licence rules for private power generators in a sweeping overhaul of the energy industry.