South Africa Unplugged

[MickZA]

On iPlayer Radio 4 tomorrow Thu 23rd 12:00 SA time (11:00 UK time) available for 28 days.

South Africa Unplugged
Crossing Continents

South Africa is in crisis as the national electricity generator, Eskom, struggles to provide an adequate power supply and rolling blackouts hit the country on a regular basis. As Neal Razzell reports, there's now concern that jobs and growth are at risk from the power cuts, and the ruling ANC - which blames the problem on inheriting an apartheid-era network designed only for the white population - stands accused of complacency and incompetence.

... should be worth listening to.

 

[MickZA]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b062mxfj
Program starts at around 2:15 after the news.