Court Slams Govt Failure to Prevent South African Energy Crisis

The Pretoria High Court has ruled that numerous government failures caused load shedding, infringing on South Africans' basic rights in breach of the Constitution, News24 reports.

The December 1 ruling, written by Judge Norman Davis on behalf of a full bench of judges, ordered Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa to ensure by the end of January 2024 that "there shall be sufficient supply or generation of electricity to prevent any interruption of supply as a result of load shedding" to all public health facilities, all public schools, and the South African Police Service and police stations.

This article originally appeared on AllAfrica

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