South Africa to Seek Solutions to Electricity Constraints
A summit would be convened "soon" to discuss solutions to the current electricity challenges facing the country, according to Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Responding to questions for oral reply at the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on 25 March, he said Eskom had also deployed its most senior managers to power stations to ensure that plants were managed effectively to avert failure.
The decision to hold the summit emanated from his meeting with representatives of Business Leadership South Africa in Pretoria on 20 March. They discussed the electricity supply constraints and other issues affecting the state power utility
"When we met, we were able to hear their [business sector] proposals. One of the things that came out of that is that I am going to convene a summit with all the stakeholders and that summit will come up with a number of proposals to deal with the problems facing Eskom," Ramaphosa said.
The summit, which would involve business, labour and other affected stakeholders, would examine electricity challenges with the aim of coming up with proposals to further help in addressing the problems.