Ramaphosa urges South Africans to 'persevere' through load shedding
President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged South Africans to persevere amid the ongoing load shedding.
Ramaphosa made the remarks at the official Heritage Day celebrations in Pretoria on Saturday.
“Even as we face these challenges, as South Africans as we have done in the past we have persevered. And I ask once again let us persevere.”
South Africa is currently battling through some of the worst load shedding in 15 years.
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The country has experienced stage 5 load shedding through most of the past week, with Eskom hoping to ease the power cuts during next week.
Ramaphosa reiterated that government will soon announce measures to mitigate the rolling black outs.
“The challenge is being addressed, it’s a complex one and we will be speaking soon about the various measures that we are taking to make sure that we address this challenge.”
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