South Africa's state power utility Eskom will get an additional 900 megawat...
FILE PHOTO: Men walk past electricity pylons as they return from work in Orlando, Soweto township, South Africa March 18, 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
Eskom supplies more than 90 percent of the power in South Africa but has suffered repeated faults at its coal-fired power stations, including two new mega power stations which are underperforming. “The minister of public enterprises has reported that they were able to revive and restore the power line from Cahora Bassa. So we will have an additional 900 megawatts,” Ramaphosa said in a statement.
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