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Detailed explanation-1: -South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday declared a national “state of disaster” over his country’s crippling power shortages, saying they posed an existential threat to the economy and social fabric. “We are in the grip of a profound energy crisis, ‘’ Mr.

Detailed explanation-2: -Starved of investment for decades and looted by corruption, the country’s fleet of coal power stations providing four-fifths of the country’s power have been run into the ground and are breaking down.

Detailed explanation-3: -The state of disaster enabled government to enhance interventions by the National Energy Crisis Committee in terms of the Energy Action Plan. The interventions in the Energy Action Plan aim to: Fix Eskom and improve the availability of existing supply. Enable and accelerate private investment in generation capacity.

Detailed explanation-4: -South Africa is currently being gripped by a devastating energy crisis with homes and businesses suffering blackouts for up to twelve hours a day. The failure of the country’s national power utility-Eskom-to meet electricity demand has been ongoing since 2007, and is now in its worst period.