President Cyril Ramaphosa says he would love to shield schools, clinics, hospitals and police stations from rolling blackouts, but he has been informed that this would collapse the electricity grid.
Shielding critical infrastructure from load-shedding will collapse the grid, says President Cyril Ramaphosa.If it were up to President Cyril Ramaphosa, he would shield schools, clinics, hospitals and police stations from rolling blackouts, but he has been informed that this would collapse the electricity grid.“Ideally, I would personally want all those hospitals and schools to be exempt, but from an engineering point of view, I am told, it is practically impossible to do.
TimesLIVE reported that on Monday, public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan said his department would file an urgent appeal against the court order that government must ensure public hospitals, clinics, schools and police stations are shielded from load-shedding. The interim order, handed down on Friday, and which must be implemented within 60 days, states the minister “shall take all reasonable steps ... to ensure there shall be sufficient supply or generation of electricity to prevent any interruption of supply as a result of load-shedding”.The judgment came after an application brought by 19 organisations, including opposition parties, NGOs and individuals. Numsa is one of the applicants.
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