Ramaphosa: Govt working to ease load shedding burden on essential services
President Cyril Ramaphosa says government plans to take steps to ensure that healthcare facilities, police stations and public schools are less affected by loadshedding.
Ramaphosa was responding to the latest high court ruling on the sidelines of the COP28 summit in Dubai yesterday.
The Pretoria High Court has ordered Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa to exempt essential services from power cuts.
He has until the end of January 2024, to do so.
READ: High court orders halt to loadshedding at schools, police stations, hospitals
The court also ruled that loadshedding was unconstitutional and a violation of basic human rights.
Ramaphosa says they are working on lessening the burden.
"We want our schools and hospitals to have the requisite amount of energy and there will be moments when we have loadshedding that affects certain portions of society negatively.
