South Africa's business owners fume as power cuts hit profits

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Scheduled blackouts have burdened the country for years but recently reached new extremes.

This month, the country has endured almost two weeks of stage-6 load shedding, which entails multiple power cuts a day, each lasting between two and four hours.

The impact on jobs is particularly worrying in a country grappling with 34.5 percent unemployment in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, he said. "We have to use every available means and remove every regulatory obstacle to bring extra electricity onto the grid as soon as possible," Ramaphosa said.Energy experts and even debt-ridden Eskom have called for rapid government investment in renewables, particularly solar, as the best option to quickly boost energy production.In May, Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe told parliament that while renewables are slated for procurement, gas, coal and nuclear projects are also in the pipeline.

 

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Just one, please, just one business or group of businesses with clout to take gvment & Eskom to court for the mismanagement of power supplier resulting in loss of income, profit. Workers who lost jobs, families who lost income, citz disadvantaged will follow. Enough evidence.

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