GAUTENG Premier Panyaza Lesufi has said the time has come to help the poor migrate away from relying on national power utility Eskom for their power needs.
“The majority of the malls in our province have migrated out of the Eskom grid. Many families have migrated out of the Eskom grid, and many institutions are following. But what about the poor, who can’t afford, who also deserve to be supported? We are ready to migrate them and provide them with the necessary support within the shortest possible time,” he said at the inaugural Gauteng Energy Crisis Response Expo, in Johannesburg, on February 16.
The expo, which is the first of what is hoped to be a yearly occurrence going forward, sought to provide a platform for members of the provincial government to engage with other public and private sector stakeholders to find solutions that might alleviate the energy shortage in Gauteng.
Lesufi opened the expo by
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