Ramokgopa: SA will achieve universal access to electricity by 2029
Electricity Minister, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa appeared before the Human Rights Commission on Tuesday in its probe into the impact of load reduction on human rights.
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa. Picture: @Kgosientsho_R/X
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa will achieve universal access to electricity by 2029.
This is according to Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, who has committed to ensuring that even households in rural areas have access to power.
One-point-six million households in the country do not have access to electricity.
The minister said that only 36% of the country’s population had access to electricity prior to 1994, with 96% of this figure being white.
He said he was confident that there would be electricity for all in the next five years.
He appeared before the Human Rights Commission on Tuesday in its probe into the impact of load reduction on human rights.
"The country will achieve universal access in the seventh administration. I’m more than confident. We are going to achieve universal access. We are going to design financing instruments that are going to make it possible for us to accelerate the connection and the delivery of this electricity. It’s cleaner, it’s cost-effective and it’s also affordable. I’m confident that we are going to reach that."