South Africa’s President, H.E. Cyril Ramaphosa, has announced that the country’s power utility, Eskom, will be moved from the Department of Public Enterprises to fall under the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy.
The decision comes as South Africa seeks to improve the efficiency of the state utility, which has been failing to meet the nation’s electricity demand since the implementation of scheduled rolling blackouts (load shedding) since 2008.
The country is currently experiencing stage six load shedding due to generating capacity constraints caused by unplanned breakdowns and planned maintenance.
