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SA’s electricity crisis | Western Cape’s plans to end blackouts
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde says his government can finally get to work dealing with South Africa’s unfolding electricity crisis.
CAPE TOWN - Western Cape Premier Alan Winde says his government can finally get to work dealing with South Africa’s unfolding electricity crisis now that the regulations for the national state of disaster over energy have been published.
And just as he did during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, Winde has promised to hold weekly updates on the state of electricity.
He says the province already has a plan.
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The plan has been accepted at a national level.
Winde says he’s asking Treasury for over R1-billion to help the poorest of the poor cope with the energy crisis.
* eNCA’s Ayesha Ismail reports.