Senior members of the ANC have blamed a range of factors outside their control for South Africa’s electricity crisis.
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Opposition politicians and South Africa’s biggest labour union say they’re readying a lawsuit as blackouts cripple the nation.
President Cyril Ramaphosa said the energy department will take over responsibility for overseeing Eskom.
Eskom CEO André de Ruyter resigned because “it’s a tough job”, President Cyril Ramaphosa said, stressing that the government has a “cohesive” plan to resolve the national power shortage.
Eskom needs a new management team, this is clear. But the country also needs new leadership.
Eskom will reduce load shedding to stage 3, from the planned stage 4, overnight on Thursday after securing a supply of diesel from PetroSA.
Government said it’s urgently seeking funds to buy diesel that’s needed to fuel some of Eskom’s power plants.
Government will make changes to Eskom’s board of directors after electricity outages reached record levels this year.
South African power cuts should ease over coming days, according to public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan.
South Africa is set to tackle “mafia” groups that have compromised Eskom’s operations and contributed to nationwide blackouts.