Claims about ending blackouts is a political game: Mashaba

JOHANNESBURG - ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba says they have plans in place to ensure that rolling blackouts become a thing of the past.

Speaking at his party's policy conference in Boksburg, Mashaba says the ANC's promises to end power cuts are a political ploy.

"I urge all delegates not to buy into the political games about the end of rolling blackouts," Mashaba said.

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"Load-shedding began in 2007 and has continued regularly until this very day, some 16 years later when it became a permanent part of ourselves."

In May, Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said power cuts would be drastically reduced by the end of the year.

Ramokgopa said 6,000 megawatts of additional power will be procured by December.