💡🔌🏥🏫👮♂️ Budgets must be reprioritised to confront Loadshedding’s infringement on constitutional rights. Read more here ⬇️
Picture File: A JMPD officer directs traffic during load shedding at the corner of Main Reef and Church street in Amalgam, Johannesburg, 19 April 2022. Photo: The Citizen/Nigel Sibanda
This must be done within 60 days, irrespective of whether these institutions get their power supply from Eskom or a municipal distributor.Generators not the solution The court went further, stating: “The police stations and schools are even worse-off; they simply close or shut down during load shedding.”Budgets must be reprioritised to address load shedding’s infringement on constitutional rights, the court ruled.
In its opposition to the application the government presented its energy plan and the roadmap to its execution.Fix Eskom, improve the availability of existing plant and add generation capacity;Accelerate procurement of new capacity from renewables, gas and battery storage;Fundamentally reform the electricity sector to achieve long-term energy security.The gap between uncertain plans and reality
It concluded: “It is further clear from the uncertain nature of the contents of the roadmap, and the timelines thereof, that, even if realised, it would not solve the urgent needs of the installations mentioned in the applicants’ application.”
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