Government and Eskom face legal action over rolling blackouts

Eskom, which was given a go ahead to increase electricity by 18.65% and 12.74%, is rolling out stage 6 load-shedding. Stock photo.Prominent South Africans including three political parties, a trade union and business owners want government to stabilise the supply of electricity by the end of this week or face legal action for contravening its duty to provide energy.

In a letter on Monday, lawyers for the group said they have been instructed to demand that the state provide the following undertakings: In the alternative, they are instructed to demand a specific timetable as to when load-shedding will end, and the reasons for the said time table; That the state will, through lawfully created mechanism, make reasonable disclosure to the public on the challenges driving the energy crisis and the solutions implemented to solve it; and

They said persistent, rolling blackouts have dogged the nation’s electricity supply since the second half of 2007. They said continuous blackouts have become so commonplace and their damaging impact so ubiquitous that electricity, once a reasonably accessible commodity, is now the preserve of the rich. “It cannot be disputed that the state, as represented by the ministry of public enterprises and Eskom, has not taken any reasonable measures to provide vulnerable South Africans with adequate and reliable energy, whether electricity or any other alternative forms of energy.

The group consists of, among others, the UDM, Build One SA, IFP, the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa), policy analyst Lukhona Mnguni, owner of Ikasi Farming Phiwe Mehlo, Ntsikie Mgayiya of Ntsikie Mgayiya Real Estate, the Circle, a voluntary active citizenship...

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