SA has gone 43 days without load shedding and Transnet’s rail and port performance is on the mend. All going well, load shedding may be history by the end of 2025.
More than 150 CEOs from the private sector have signed up for the initiative, which is focused around three key areas deemed most urgent: energy, transport and logistics, and crime and corruption. One of these was the supply of drones and 24-hour security on key corridors to combat cable theft, which has been crippling operations.
The proliferation of rooftop solar systems is an important part of easing the energy crisis, and now the focus is on large corporate buyers and developers building wind and solar systems at utility-level scale. “We need to get our focus out of energy scarcity and load shedding to the bigger picture,” said MacKay.