Interventions include importing more power from neighbouring states and buying from companies with existing generation capacity
Interventions to end load-shedding will take a while to have an effect and power cuts will be with us for some time, ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday.
An additional 300MW had been imported through the Southern African power pool, and negotiations were under way to secure a potential 1,000MW from neighbouring countries. “These interventions will take some time to have an effect and we must be honest with the people that load-shedding — in one form or another — will be with us for some time.
Ramaphosa said Eskom had also intensified its maintenance programme to reduce unplanned breakdowns and extend the life of power plants.
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