President Cyril Ramaphosa has told the National Council of Provinces that the government is working on exempting critical infrastructure especially hospitals from rolling blackouts.
Ramaphosa said discussions were continuing between Eskom and water supply entities as well as local governments.“There are some local governments who have already set up generators to ensure that when there is load-shedding it does not interfere negatively on their water works or pump stations.
It emerged in parliament last week that the department of public works has been “procuring and installing alternative power supply systems” at ministerial homes in Pretoria’s affluent suburbs such as Waterkloof at a cost of R7.04m since 2019.These alternative power supply systems include generators, solar systems and inverters that keep the lights burning and appliances on for ministers and their deputies while ordinary taxpayers remain in the dark during load-shedding.
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