Power cuts can cripple SA's economy: Ramokgopa

CAPE TOWN - Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says government will soon introduce measures to end the energy crisis.

He told the Enlit Energy conference in Cape Town that rolling blackouts have the potential to cripple the economy.

"The problem statement in short is that load-shedding has got the capability of crippling the South African economy and undermining the progression of this democracy that we term the rainbow nation," he said.

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On Wednesday, Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe addressed the gathering.

Mantashe said South Africa needs to improve its grid availability.

He said that over 3000 megawatts of supply were recently lost because the national grid did not have the capacity to carry it.