Blackout: The Eskom Crisis
- ISBN-10
- 1868426963
- ISBN-13
- 9781868426966
- Series
- Blackout
- Category
- Electric power consumption
- Pages
- 228
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015
- Publisher
- Jonathan Ball Publishers
- Author
- James-Brent Styan
Description
In 1998 the South African government was warned that the country was running out of electricity. Despite the warnings, the decision was taken not to invest in new power stations. Had the warnings been heeded, South Africa could have had a new power station up and running by 2006 and load shedding may never have happened. Instead, in 2007, as predicted, South Africa ran out of electricity. Eight years later, the crisis has deepened and despite assurances to the contrary by government leadership, it has the
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