Loadshedding hits as Fikile Mbalula addresses SA power crisis
Updated | By Etienne Bruwer
A video shared on social media shows a power outage occurring during Fikile Mbalula's speech about South Africa's power crisis at an ANC Energy Dialogue at the University of Johannesburg.
The ANC gathered stakeholders for a diagnosis of the problems at Eskom and efforts towards immediate workable solutions to solve South Africa's power crisis.
While ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula addressed attendees at the conference, loadshedding was implemented, leaving the ANC member in darkness.
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The hilarious moment, in which all sound and visuals stopped abruptly, was shared on 26 January 2023.
Watch the moment here:
According to SABC News, Mbalula says they have had “positive engagements with energy experts from across the globe and at home to find meaningful solutions”.
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"We engage robustly in ideas. It was sometimes not a nice debate because they took to the streets," Mbalula said right at the moment the power failure occurred.
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