Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter said that the utility's power generating system was looking good and it was managing to keep the lights on.
The president has used his weekly newsletter, to touch on the country's energy crisis and how government plans to stabilise the situation at least in the short-term.
Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe said that electricity from independent power producers (IPPs) must be purchased by Eskom and programmes will target connection to the grid as soon as reasonably possible.
The state-owned company’s CEO Andre de Ruyter said that the move was meant to reduce the net cost to the country’s electricity consumers.
Cape Town Mayor Dan Plato is hoping for the best after judgment was reserved in the city's application to get clarity on whether municipalities are lawfully entitled to buy energy from independent power producers.
Last week, Mabuza told the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) that IPPs were not contributing much energy to the grid and not making a difference.
The party held a briefing in Parliament on Wednesday in response to the latest round of rolling power cuts.
The deputy president was responding to oral questions in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on Tuesday.
The city is conducting a study into overcoming energy poverty through ventures such as solar home systems, free basic electricity and improved access to gas.
President Cyril Ramaphosa in his State of the Nation Address on Thursday night announced that municipalities in good financial standing would be allowed to buy electricity directly from IPPs.
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With the constant risk of load-shedding, the party said government should source energy from elsewhere and not only rely on Eskom.
The party has now invited Energy Minister Gwede Manatashe to brief its standing committee on finance and economic opportunities and tourism about proceedings relating to that request.
The city is asking the Energy Ministry and the National Energy Regulator to allow it to buy power from IPPs in light of what they refer to as 'Eskom’s inability to provide a reliable and cleaner energy'.
According to DA leader Mmusi Maimane, Eskom is also stifling innovation and progress.
The DA-run City of Cape Town has taken the national Energy Department to court to allow independent power producers to supply the city with electricity.
NUM says that it will shut down the electricity grid in the days leading up to the elections to protest government’s decision to unbundle Eskom into three entities.
