Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan says South Africa will have to, amongst other things; add \u201ca few more thousand megawatts\u201d of electricity into the system before load shedding can be dealt with.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
He was appearing before Parliament\u2019s Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises on Wednesday just hours after Eskom announced that Stage 2 load shedding will be implemented until Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cOur aim certainly, is that load shedding must end sooner rather than later. It will end\u2026in particular when we have extra megawatts in the system.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Gordhan added that there also other factors, including maintenance, which must be resolved before the country can begin to see the end of load shedding.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cAll of these factors\u2026are causing an immense amount of frustration amongst our people\u2026whether they are residents, whether they live in working class areas or middle class areas and whether they are large or small businesses,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
He said the \u201ccrisis\u201d at the struggling power utility can be resolved through a united response from all stakeholders.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we require as government\u2026is an integrated response to this crisis. One which ensures that each role player\u2026does what is necessary and does it timeously and does it with the necessary sense of urgency in order to ensure that the work that needs to be done to stabilise Eskom can indeed take place.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
He said that Eskom would go through a period of change for some time.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cCurrently, we\u2019ve got to repair what we\u2019ve got to repair. Secondly, [we have] the restructuring or unbundling process and thirdly, we\u2019ve also got to introduce the changes that are required in terms of the just energy transition\u2026and implement the nationally determined contribution that South Africa put on the table at COP 26. That will have an impact both in respect of pollutants\u2026but carbon emissions more generally,\u201d said the Minister.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: South African Government News Agency<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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