LoadShedding “Restoring a reliable supply of energy and to ensure we have a sustainable model for affordable energy for the future is now one of our most urgent priorities.”
This is as he conceded that the daily load-shedding gripping South Africa had a huge impact on the economy.
Power utility Eskom this week blamed the tropical cyclone Idai in Mozambique for stage four load-shedding that left citizens without electricity for up to four hours at a time. While Ramaphosa reportedly expressed shock earlier in the week at the prospect of power cuts for the next six months, he was a lot more hopeful on Thursday at the prospects of overcoming it.
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