101 days of winter outages possible ... and they could’ve been prevented

De Ruyter and experts outline the steps government must take to stop further misery for SA

19 April 2022 - 19:38

Load-shedding can be stopped altogether if an additional new capacity of between 4,000MW and 6,000MW is added to the grid. This is the only sustainable solution to the current stage 4 situation set to remain until at least Friday...

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