South Africa is planning to scale up its grid capacity as it works to address the crippling power shortages.
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Unplanned outages at Eskom’s generating fleet fell to less than 16GW in the past two months, President Cyril Ramaphosa said.
Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has attacked South Africa’s $8.5-billion climate finance pact with rich countries.
Eskom increased the level of load shedding further on Monday because of poorly performing power stations.
South Africa will prioritise the expansion of its electricity grid, said electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa.
Eskom has cancelled agreements and contracts valued at R11-billion as authorities crack down on crime at the utility.
Jan Oberholzer has quit the state-owned utility and will leave at the end of the month.
The intensification comes just days after the electricity minister praised Eskom for maintaining lower levels of load shedding.
South Africa’s power crisis could come to an end sooner than anticipated, according to the minister of electricity.
South Africa’s power generation system is recovering and that’s been reflected in fewer power cuts recently, according to the minister of electricity.