Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan announced on Monday that his department would lodge an urgent appeal to set aside last week’s Pretoria high court judgment that exempts public health facilities, schools and police stations from rolling blackouts.
ublic Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan announced on Monday that his department would lodge an urgent appeal to set aside last week’s Pretoriathat exempts public health facilities, schools and police stations from rolling blackouts.
According to the department, it has “serious concerns” about the repercussions the court ruling might have on efforts to stabilise the national grid. “The department has studied the ruling and has determined through legal advice that the prudent step to take is to lodge an appeal to set aside the ruling and allow for the ongoing efforts to end load-shedding to proceed without putting undue risk on the country’s grid infrastructure,”According to the minister, the judgment would lead to “unintended consequences and undermine the very efforts to balance the protection of the rights that were ventilated in this case, with the need to stabilise...
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