Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis on Monday published a 10-point plan that he said would go a long way to resolving South Africa’s energy crisis.
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South Africa is preparing steps to accelerate an increase in electricity supply after Eskom implemented record load shedding.
There is no reason why a country like ours – with the skills, capabilities and resources we have at our disposal – should have to endure a shortage of electricity, writes Cyril Ramaphosa.
Eskom will make 300 square kilometres of additional land available across various provinces to independent power producers in a bid to end load shedding.
Eskom will implement stage-4 power cuts until at least Thursday, 14 July. Sunday’s load shedding will also be worse than previously communicated.
Eskom expects to downgrade load shedding over the next few days with generation units set to return to service.
The Kusile power station in Mpumalanga will burn as much as 15 million tons of coal a year until it is eventually shut down in 2073.
The National Planning Commission has called for emergency measures to deal with the energy supply crisis facing South Africa.
Eskom will implement stage-5 load shedding on both Wednesday and Thursday this week as it struggles to recover from a crippling illegal strike.
Two of the largest trade unions at Eskom, NUM and Numsa, have accepted a 7% salary increase offer.