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South Africa's Electricity Minister Ramakgopa Says Power Outages Severely Affecting The Economy

1 year agoSat, 06 May 2023 07:42:13 GMT
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South Africa's Electricity Minister Ramakgopa Says Power Outages Severely Affecting The Economy

South Africa’s Electricity Minister, Dr Kgosientsho Ramakgopa, has emphasized that the ongoing power outages are severely affecting the country’s economy.

Ramakgopa stated that the power utility spends around R30 billion on diesel to maintain the power supply, and the government is collaborating with Eskom on alternative power generation methods.

During a virtual media briefing on Friday, he announced that 2000 megawatts are expected to be added to the grid by the end of the year. He said:

The point we are making is that there has to be some degree of urgency. We can see some of these projects that they have announced are only connecting end of the financial year, but we need to move with speed and address the issues that constitute an emergency, so that we are able to protect the South African economy.

During his visit to vehicle manufacturers in Nelson Mandela Bay Metro, Ramokgopa emphasized the importance of preserving jobs and electricity in the automotive industry for its long-term sustainability.

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Ramokgopa noted that the stop-and-start power outages are causing workers to lose up to 20% of their weekly wages. Volkswagen has taken steps to address this issue by installing PV and aggressively rolling out digital PV, investing about R70 million to convert the car park to PV. They are also adjusting their production schedule to maximize output.

The power crisis affecting Southern Africa, including South Africa and Zimbabwe, has resulted in power cuts due to a shortage of electricity supply. These power cuts have significant impacts on daily life, businesses, and the economy in these countries.

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9 Comments

sugar boy · 1 year ago
Hopewell chin'oni aka vhungwa nechibhakera ne zanu pf is no longer commenting against zanu
Nkust · 1 year ago
In Zimbabwe people are good at making jokes and one rushes to comment on issues with a joke whilst in other countries they confront their problems head on with the due respect it deserves
EM · 1 year ago
Go ahead, lead the way. confront the problem tione
Ndipeiwo Simba Sera Bona · 1 year ago
Nxaa, Zimbabweans why are you commenting before Hopewell Chin'ono. Know your place and respecting ana Hopewell who are international people. Wait for Hopewell then mozo commenter later.
sugar boy · 1 year ago
they should give WICKNEL CHIVHAYO a contract to install solar panels like what he did in gwanda solar project.
· 1 year ago
... like you mean kuti vavharwe naWicknell Chivharo?
NATO · 1 year ago
ko uri kuzvipundira sei nhai mujaya usanyanye kuita stress just vote fir change
@sugar boy · 1 year ago
ha ha ha ha you just made my day dude 🤣🤣🤣🤣
What was the question? · 1 year ago
Just vote CCC and all these problems will disappear. Chamisa has answers to all these problems.

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