Johannesburg will get no special treatment from Eskom when it hosts a major BRICs summit later this month, Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has said. | News24_Business
GCISJohannesburg will get no special treatment from Eskom when it hosts a major BRICs summit later this month, Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has said.
The 15th BRICS summit will take place at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg between 22 and 24 August. Russia's President Vladimir Putin, the target of an International Criminal Court arrest warrant, willSpeaking to the media at his regular Sunday morning briefing, Ramokgopa said Eskom had given no special instructions to pause power cuts in Johannesburg for the duration of the summit.
"Johannesburg will be expected – if there is load shedding on the day – to make its contribution to ensuring we protect the grid," he said."So, if you happen not to see load shedding it might be two things. One - we don't have load shedding across Eskom […] or, if there is no load shedding at the events of the BRICs, it could be they are not on schedule for that particular areas to be load shed.
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