Eskom to insist load-shedding exemption to hospitals and schools poses risk of grid collapse

The court heard it cannot just “shrug its shoulders” in the face of the egregious human rights violations caused by load-shedding

21 March 2023 - 09:44 By FRANNY RABKIN

Eskom's lawyers are expected to continue argument in the Pretoria high court on Wednesday against an application to exempt certain institutions like hospitals from load-shedding because the state utility believes it could present the risk of a grid collapse...

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