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Load Shedding Could Come To An End Soon

With energy availability increasing to almost 70 % , according to a cabinet statement on Thursday, South Africa’s power crisis could end sooner than anticipated according to Minister of Electricity, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa. In a media briefing in Pretoria on Sunday, Ramokgopa said, “I said when I started this assignment, we will resolve load shedding and

Load Shedding Could Come To An End Soon

Load Shedding Could Come To An End Soon

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With energy availability increasing to almost 70 % , according to a cabinet statement on Thursday, South Africa’s power crisis could end sooner than anticipated according to Minister of Electricity, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa.

In a media briefing in Pretoria on Sunday, Ramokgopa said, “I said when I started this assignment, we will resolve load shedding and I think that we will resolve it much quicker than we had anticipated.” 

Earlier this year, the “energy availability” dropped to less than 50% due to frewuent breakdowns at state-owned power utility Eskom’s plants, according to moneyweb.

With the energy availability increasing it means that load-shedding will soon be a thing of the past. This also means there is now more scope to undertake planned maintenance, Ramokhopa stated at the briefing.

Reporting for Business Tech Africa on the funding, tools and strategy shaping the continent's founders and SMEs.

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