WATCH: Ramokgopa says electricity supply will get worse before it gets better

Power lines run from state-owned power company Eskom to the national grid, in Johannesburg, South Africa, 14 March 2023 (issued 15 March 2023). Eskom, the national power supplier, is regularly implementing stage load shedding nationally due to various factors. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on 06 March appointed the country’s first-ever electricity minister as the national government is trying to deal with the huge effects of months of loadshedding, though measures that include the complete scrapping of licensing requirements for private energy projects, and more relaxed regulations in the sector. Picture: EPA-EFE/KIM LUDBROOK