Many of the measures announced by the president should have been put into operation years ago.
All we really want, after years of battering by load shedding, is to have some kind of assurance that things are going to get better and that, one day, we will have round-the-clock electricity like normal countries.
The ANC, remember, put all sorts of red tape and obstacles in the way of renewable energy – so Ramaphosa must not try to play hero now that those restrictions have been eased because of the crisis. While the plan seems to be thorough and will put us on a better power supply course, there are still some worrying aspects.
For instance, the “mobile” power generators Ramaphosa referred to – could this be Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe’s pet project, the Karpowership offshore power plants?And what else is behind his fanatical determination not to let go of that “solution”? Also, how much more environmental damage can we expect now that the rules about impact studies will be relaxed in areas of “low or medium sensitivity”?Read more on these topics
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