insert_link South Africa South Africa’s electricity crisis: a series of failures over 30 years have left a dim legacy By Mark Swilling, Stellenbosch University In 1994, apartheid ended and the African National Congress (ANC) won South Africa’s first ever democratic elections, promising “Electricity for All” as part of its Reconstruction and Development Programme. Back then only 36% of all South Africans had electricity in their homes. The development programme promised to double that number by electrifying an additional 2.5 million homes by 2000. This seemed […] todayApril 19, 2024 18
insert_link South Africa SA Minister Ramokgopa says Eskom power stations are showing consistent performance SA's Electricity minister, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, says Eskom power stations are showing consistent performance peaking by 86.7-percent. Ramokgopa was providing an update on implementation of Energy Action Plan. Medupi is showing 80.7-percent performance and Lethabo 76.4-percent. The minister says power stations such as Duvha, Tutu’s, Kahuna, Camden, Hendrina and Grootvlei are showing a positive improvement trajectory. todayDecember 22, 2023 6
