The power utility has announced it would implement stage 4 load shedding from 2pm on Tuesday after Koeberg Unit 1 tripped.
Democratic Alliance interim leader John Steenhuisen urged President Cyril Ramaphosa to “free the country’ from Eskom amid the implementation of stage 4 load shedding on Tuesday.
“We cannot let this happen. Together with the undersigned South Africans, I urge your government to get out of the electricity generation business so that we can keep the lights on!” Steenhuisen said in the letter. “South Africa must urgently change the law to allow companies and individuals to generate their own electricity, and offer tax incentives to help them buy the equipment they need to do so,” he said.Privatise electricity generation which will allow citizens to generate their own power to keep the lights on
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