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President Cyril Ramaphosa declared the ‘state of disaster’ in February in a bid to assuage South Africa’s power crisis.
South Africa’s government has revoked a national “state of disaster” declared in February to manage a crippling electricity crisis.
On February 9, President Cyril Ramaphosa invoked disaster regulations to fight the crisis that included daily rolling power cuts by state utility Eskom due to frequent breakdowns at its ageing coal-fired power stations and years of corruption.
The state of disaster gave the government additional powers to respond to the crisis,…
