South African utility Eskom resumed widespread power cuts on
Wednesday, leaving millions without electricity for a fourth day in a
row but a government minister ruled out the chances of a total blackout.
Africa's most advanced economy is in the middle of its
worst electricity crisis since 2008 and South Africans are subjected to
frequent controlled blackouts, which Eskom implements to prevent the
grid from collapsing.
South Africa on Tuesday lost a quarter of its power
supply in one of its worst power outages in years in both scheduled
maintenance and plant breakdowns. Some supply had been restored by
Wednesday, but the power outages remained widespread.
Minister of Public Enterprises, Lynne Brown said
despite the seriousness of the power supply constraints, South Africa
was not at risk of facing a total blackout.
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