Energy minister Gwede Mantashe has tried to shift the blame for South Africa’s inadequate electricity capacity to the private sector instead of acknowledging the ruling party’s total failure.
Energy minister Gwede Mantashe has tried to shift the blame for South Africa’s load-shedding crisis to the private sector instead of acknowledging any wrongdoing by the ruling party.with 702, Mantashe essentially said a lack of interest from the private sector to invest in new power stations had caused South Africa’s energy crisis.
While the government indeed intended to open the energy sector to private companies, it flip-flopped on policy and failed to finalise any regulations on time. “Timely steps will have to be taken to ensure that demand does not exceed available supply capacity and that appropriate strategies, including those with long lead times, are implemented in time,” it said.
The then-President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, even acknowledged that one of the causes of the delay was that government didn’t recognise the urgency of the situation. It said several international events significantly impacted the electricity markets worldwide after Cabinet’s decision to restructure the electricity industry in April 2001. These included:Stalled privatisation of electricity markets in Singapore in 2002The North-eastern United States and Europe power blackouts in 2004
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