‘Joburg can rest assured that power outages are a thing of the past’
Johannesburg residents and business owners should rest assured that there will be no power outages or shortages in the city over the next 10 years or so‚ member of the mayoral committee for finance Rabelani Dagada has confidently pronounced. Dagada’s remarks were published on the city website after he embarked on a day-long tour of City Power’s facilities and infrastructure in various parts of Johannesburg on Tuesday November 29. Dagada was accompanied on the tour by member of the mayoral committee for environment and infrastructure services Anthony Still. The city said the tour was initiated by Dagada in his capacity as member of the mayoral committee for finance and chairman of the budget steering committee to familiarise himself with the electricity utility’s capital projects. This is to help determine how the city could assist it when allocating capital expenditure and operating expenditure budgets. The tour was preceded by a presentation by the City Power MD Sicelo Xulu. This w...
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