South Africa to unveil solutions to power crisis within days

FILE PHOTO: Locals walk past electricity pylons during frequent power outages from South African utility Eskom, caused by its aging coal-fired plants, in Soweto, South Africa, July 3, 2022. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko//File Photo

The South African government will within days announce new ways to address the country's worst power crisis yet, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Friday.

Addressing a South African Communist Party (SACP) conference, Ramaphosa said the government needed to "use every available means and remove every regulatory obstacle to bring extra electricity onto the grid as soon as possible".