In his State of the Nation address, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa highlighted the achievements of his party, the ANC, over the past 30 years. However, he provided little detail on future plans. The speech was met with skepticism, particularly in light of his claim that the country's severe power cuts were nearing an end. Contradicting Ramaphosa's optimistic message, the national power utility, Eskom, announced Stage 6 outages, which will remove 6,000 megawatts from the grid starting midnight Saturday for an unspecified duration, with South Africans expected to have no electricity for 25% of the time.
Eskom announced that it would implement so-called Stage 6 outages — taking 6,000 megawatts of demand off the grid — from midnight Saturday until further notice https://t.co/PNfLT39YLy
Eskom announced that it would implement so-called Stage 6 outages — taking 6,000 megawatts of demand off the grid — from midnight Saturday until further notice https://t.co/fUNdyO3py1
South Africa’s hapless President @CyrilRamaphosa said yesterday in his State of the Nation address the country’s rolling power cuts were coming to an end. Shortly after, SA was plunged into darkness. South Africans have since been told to expect no electricity for 25% of the time
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s state-of-the-nation speech was met with predictable skepticism as he laid out the country’s progress since White rule https://t.co/OPKs0jQNL5
South Africa's Ramaphosa touts ANC history in state of nation address https://t.co/d08CQYNJxQ https://t.co/qvjSt1YplI
⚠️ SOUTH AFRICA'S RAMAPHOSA TOUTS ANC HISTORY IN STATE OF NATION ADDRESS (Reuters) South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa used a major speech in parliament on Thursday to play up his party's achievements over the last 30 years, but gave little detail about his plans to… https://t.co/0JypVEZ3C7