Johnathan Paoli
President Cyril Ramaphosa has said the government is on track to resolve the most important constraints on economic growth by stabilising the energy supply and fixing the logistics system.
The president made the announcement during the State of the Nation Address on Thursday evening at Cape Town City Hall.
Ramaphosa said that a clear plan to end load shedding was set out, implemented with a single-minded focus through the National Energy Crisis Committee.
“We have delivered on our commitments to bring substantial new power through private investment to the grid, which is already helping to reduce load shedding,” the President said.
He confirmed the provision of a major debt relief package by the government last year in order to enable Eskom to make investments in maintenance and transmission infrastructure and ensure its sustainability going forward.
The President said the utility connected more than 2,500 MW of solar and
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