Angry South Africans rallied together, calling on politicians to show more urgency in dealing with the power crisis.
Minister of public enterprises Pravin Gordhan briefed the media on the loadshedding crisis.Attempts by public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan and the Eskom board to provide"insight" into problems at the power utility have been rubbished by South Africans, with thousands expressing their anger over a press conference held on Tuesday.
Gordhan said at the briefing that the power utility still needs to complete its investigations, which will then allow for concrete answers to be given on how long load-shedding will last. Old power stations and generation capacity dominated the briefing as Gordhan and the Eskom board detailed the technical problems the power utility is experiencing.
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