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More South Africans are joining calls for a national state of disaster to address the country’s electricity crisis. This came out at the energy dialogue hosted by the Black Business Council (BBC).

Image: ReutersMore South Africans are joining calls for a national state of disaster to address the country’sThey say the state of disaster will allow the government to treat the electricity crisis as an emergency by allocating more resources to respond to the challenge.

“People, professionals, entrepreneurs and a range of other people that happen to be black in this country, they have hope in us and I think that’s where we need to start from. In terms of how we then deal with Eskom, how do you deal with energy in terms of dealing with the security of energy in the country? These are some of the things that we are advancing,” explains the President of the Black Business Council, Elias Monage.

Government representatives have welcomed recent public engagements and partnerships to deal with the energy crisis.

 

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