Ramaphosa reiterates vow to end load shedding in near future
ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa has repeated his promise to end load shedding in the near future and ensure energy security for the country.
Ramaphosa addressed ANC delegates at the party’s KwaZulu-Natal elective conference in Durban on Sunday night.
The power utility has been battling to keep lights on in recent months due to a lack of generation capacity.
Ramaphosa said government will introduce a new plan to add additional power to the grid.
"The load shedding has demonstrated the need for the urgent reforms that we need to implement, while we have embarked on several measures over the last four years to increase the generation capacity in the country, this is not happening fast enough."
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"We have been finalising and we will be soon announcing a package of additional measures to reduce the severe load shedding we have been experiencing in the medium term to end load shedding and ensure that we have energy security in the future."
Last week Eskom announced the temporary suspension of rolling power cuts after adequate recovery at its power stations following weeks of industrial action and large demand in the winter season.
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