Ramaphosa to announce ’emergency package’ for load shedding

[dualmeister]

LOL's at the Johnnie Walker Blue Label ad in the link.

 

[Ragnarök]

Somehow I doubt they will be getting anymore loans.

They will ,it is the people and the next generations that suffer , not the politicians

 

[Toxic T]

2 Packs of duracell batteries, you can collect at the post office once a month.

If you can find a post office that is open

 

[RedDevil7108]

Time for Ramapoephole to butter up the voters...

 

[McRuder]

Most likely scenario is that this will be money for Eskom for diesel. This will only reduce LS with one stage during peak. Maybe its just candles and matches. The ANC must manage the current optics, I don't have much hope for anything really useful from this package.

 

[dualmeister]

Ramaposer is on it.

 

[The Darkness]

Most likely scenario is that this will be money for Eskom for diesel. This will only reduce LS with one stage during peak. Maybe its just candles and matches. The ANC must manage the current optics, I don't have much hope for anything really useful from this package.

Me neither. Unless they make actual productive moves to correct this it’s all just kicking the can down the road

 

[LaraC]

R500m they are getting from where? They do not have this amount in the fiscus. Since last year SARS no longer get this tax money in.

Our government does not care if there is money to fund elaborate projects. Did you forget about NHI, BIG or failed SOE's being kept alive?

 

[lkswan747]

You can't keep throwing money at the problem..

We need a fundamental restructuring of the sector and the associated policies

Agreed, starting with the restructuring of the corrupt cANCer and associated band of thieves!!!!!

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Most likely scenario is that this will be money for Eskom for diesel. This will only reduce LS with one stage during peak. Maybe its just candles and matches. The ANC must manage the current optics, I don't have much hope for anything really useful from this package.

Just a small correction: diesel usually saves us from two stages of LS, not one.

 

[Rouxenator]

Why do politicians,. who know f-all about engineering, think that they have the answer?
I doubt it will be even worth listening to

I have a saying:
"Those who can, do.
Those who can't, become politicians"

Anyways, I wonder if there will be a real sense of urgency if I whip out my package and Ram it down his aphosa.

 

[RonSwanson]

From article;


South Africa’s biggest cities move to mitigate load sheddin

Cape Town, South Africa’s second-biggest city, plans to make its biggest attempt yet to reduce its reliance on the ailing national power utility by holding a tender next month for the provision of as much as 1,000 megawatts of power to the municipality.

The tender will seek so-called dispatchable power, which can be supplied whenever it is needed from anywhere in the country. The move comes as the country endures its worst-ever energy crisis, with Eskom struggling to meet demand and imposing record blackouts.

Cape Town’s plans follow legislation passed in 2020 that allows municipalities to buy electricity from providers other than Eskom.


The City of Johannesburg, meanwhile, is considering establishing an infrastructure fund to finance a R400 million plan to implement measures aimed at mitigating power outages.

The money would be used to fund the recommissioning of emergency power plants, the implementation of a system to regulate high-energy use equipment such as geysers and swimming pool motors, and the implementation of a smart-meter system to limit the amount of electricity distributed to residents’ homes.

The city plans to approach development-finance institutions, private companies and the government to finance the project.

CoCT at least has concrete plans, many of their previous initiatives paved the way for this.

Johannesburg doesn't even know who the fsck their mayor is, even he/she does not know who it is, and that's what is taking up all of CoJ's time and attention

 

[am-user]

1997... did it not begin in 1652?

How can Jan be left of this list?
Surely he was the original architect!