South Africa Says Distribution Is ‘Albatross’ of Power System

  • Municipalities under invested in transformers, infrastructure
  • Agreements with Chinese included donation of generators

Table Mountain beyond high-voltage electricity transmission towers in Cape Town.

Photographer: Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg
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South Africa’s electricity distribution system is “an albatross” beset by fighting between the national power utility and municipalities as the government takes steps to stabilize the grid, according to the electricity minister.