Opposition-Led South African Province Maps Out End to Power Cuts
- Western Cape sets target of 5,700 megawatts of supply by 2035
- South Africa is being subjected to worst-ever blackouts
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South Africa’s only opposition-led province plans to facilitate the construction of almost 6 gigawatts of power generation capacity to counter nationwide electricity shortages and bolster the regional economy.
The Western Cape aims to add as much as 750 megawatts of supply by 2025 and to reach 5,700 megawatts by 2035, Premier Alan Winde, a member of the Democratic Alliance, said in an interview at Bloomberg’s Cape Town office on Wednesday. That should be sufficient to meet demand as the provincial economy expands.