eThekwini load shedding: Durban business urges reconsideration
With eThekwini joining the rest of the country in a full-blown load shedding rollout from Thursday, the Durban Chamber of Commerce has made a number of recommendations on behalf of the business community.
The city had been exempt since the devastating floods in order for it to recover and repair ageing and damaged electrical infrastructure.
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However, it's since come to light that the city has not done this and instead taken an amount of R200 million and redirected it towards its EPWP program.
"We call for the following, as a private sector we need to understand the rationale of how the load schedule's decisions are made," says the chamber's president, Prasheen Maharaj.
"They need to reconsider the decision to load shed eThekwini is still recovering from the recent catastrophic events that includes the Covid-19 pandemic, 2021 July unrest and the April - May 2022 floods."
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Maharaj says this further puts under the spotlight the urgency of energy security which he says should be spearheaded by the private sector.
"There are numerous technology options which could negate the need for load shedding which are either not being exploded or not being explode seriously enough."
