Pravin Gordhan to appeal against court ruling on load-shedding exemptions
‘Serious concerns’ about order compelling the exemption of hospitals, schools and police stations
08 May 2023 - 20:10
The government is to file an urgent appeal against a recent court order compelling it to exempt hospitals, schools and police stations from load-shedding as this poses a risk to “current efforts to stabilise the national grid”.
The interim order handed down by the high court in Pretoria on Friday, and which must be implemented within 60 days, states the public enterprises minister should take reasonable steps to ensure “sufficient supply or generation of electricity to prevent any interruption of supply as a result of load-shedding” to these facilities...
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