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The opposition party in South Africa-Democratic Alliance- held a demonstration to protest against the rising power crisis, which had resulted in a severe power crisis in the country. Supporters of the party marched towards the headquarters of the ruling ANC party
The opposition party in South Africa-Democratic Alliance- held a demonstration to protest against the rising power crisis, which had resulted in a severe power crisis in the country. Supporters of the party marched towards the headquarters of the ruling ANC party.
Scheduled blackouts have been a part of daily life in South Africa for years. The state-owned energy firm Eskom is failing to keep pace with demand and maintain its aging coal power infrastructure. In the last 12 months, the outages have intensified with power blackouts remaining for almost 12 hours in total.
While conceding the intensity of the energy crisis, President Cyril Ramaphosa said the problem could not be fixed up overnight. He said that the government was looking to import electricity from abroad and add production from renewable energy sources. But such steps would take more time.
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The moot point is how long the industry and household could put up with the crisis with the hope that it would be resolved in the near future. Analysts opine that South Africa should have a comprehensive plan drawn up focussing on immediate, short term and long-term measures to address the crisis. But the government seems to have run out of options since most of the age-old power plants are slipping into outages either due to lack of maintenance or overage.
