Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa addresses the nation, apologising for the ongoing Stage 6 load shedding and outlining plans to resolve the crisis.
Minister Ramokgopa addressed public concerns over Stage 6 loadshedding.The Minister of Energy and Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa apologized to South Africa ns as the country faces Stage 6 load shedding.
"We suffered a setback on February 1, 2025, after over 300 days of consecutive supply of electricity and in uninterrupted fashion and again now. We are coming back to you while we have another bout of load shedding which has a greater intensity." "At about 1.30 am at Camden, we lost four units, which is another outlier...The constellation of that resulted in us upping the levels of load shedding to Stage 6. We have been able to record some successes in return of the units," he said.
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