Hello im christine want to welcome to news africa its good to have your company africas most industrialized country is bracing for more bouts of pollock cuts of africas paul utility eskom said breakdowns at its policy stations has slashed the amount of electricity its able to generate which is state and supplies more than 90 percent of the countrys electricity but since 2007 it has struggled to meet demand he says seen the Company Results should Cutting Supply on a rotating shuttle when the National Grid cannot meet demand thats referred to as getting in south africa now the public cuts on not just an inconvenience they cost the country billions and last year pushed the economy to the brink of recession now to help us understand why problems prevail at this utility of invited chris yen and on to the program hes an energy and an estate Business Intelligence to south africa welcome to africa mr yen and its quite used to be one of the most reliable power utilities in the world why is it now in crisis. Its a hard thing to explain in in a few words but theres been a series of poor decisions over the yes poor decisions by the shareholder and his government by the board of directors and by the message once that if i would put it down to one major issue i would say the medupi and could see the coal fired projects which were intended to deliver Something Like 10000 megawatts of new generation capacity by 20 t. 14 these products have being very long delayed and not coming on stream as they should have and also at massive cost overruns pushing is going to date. At unprecedented levels and not to end up meeting the increasing demand for electricity in south africa and therefore plunging the country into a right see a talking about long term projects and the commissioning off pop rocks as you were referring to but in the meantime they are short term challenges which is a result as these pollock has that were seeing does the South African government have a pad. Well we dont have what is known as an integrated energy plan and this despite the fact that the north quite as the minister of energy to publish such a plan every single year since 2008 its never been published what we do have thank goodness at last is an integrated Resource Plan for the address of the socalled i r p this is a plan up until 2030 looking at the amount of generation capacity that needs to be built in order to meet the projected demond. And we do have this plan but its being slow in coming and its not get implemented in any shape or form yet and furthermore that treaty looks at logan planning happen to the year 2030 is about the limit of 12 years and they are already medium term needs that are not addressed in this plan frank government is at the moment seeing a request for proposals for short term in emergency power and last year and its on board member told south Africas Parliament that there was a lot of political interference in the pilots and its you today extend that the right decisions werent always taken why would that be the case. It government has kind of seen as and is going to see that self because state owned enterprise as being some kind of extension of government policy and it in a kind of an in Committee Agency for government policy so for example they kept the price of electricity artificially low. For the benefit of the social benefit of people in south africa it was also been seen as a place for for employment to increase the number of jobs in the country and it hit me i was soft at the moment one of these things lead to you know revenue that is at it quits and costs that are too high to the extent where this impacts on Investment Decisions on its ability to do maintenance properly and therefore its run into huge debt which is placing huge Financial Burdens on the company and the plant is getting old and has Environmental Issues that 80 percent of south africas biggest the comes from coal and 95 percent of electricity comes from a system so all the exhaust in a very few boss gets on those boss gets broken and a lot of this is due to government interference and seeing as good as a kind of implementing agency of government policy rather than as a business right thats christian and African Energy analyst thank you. From electricity in south africa its now 2 boys in kenya People Living in nairobi its biggest one kara have mostly lacked at say 16 bunny was said that with the government failing to provide the service so cold water caught tells have filled the gap but they sell residents overpriced and hygienic what one man who grew up in good bear made it his mission to supply clean water to the slum but it meant that he had to partner with a gangster. This is kibera slum in nairobi pipes with fresh water run through sewer tunnels for a long time residents have been suffering under this and i geni conditions but there is hope now a connection of blue pipes run above the slums shanties they provide residents with clean and she reported all tanks to kennedy or did. Growing up in this community it was a tough life of war what was custom was i remember walking to class. To go and fetch water you know cutting it on my shoulder and then seeing also my neighbor at night who are sick and dying because theres no health care having grown up in kibera and experience the effects of unsafe water faced hand kennedy or did they founded the n. G. O. S show of course but he would soon face fierce opposition from the socalled water cartels. Idea of water also the beautiful to me it was a little bit dangerous at the same time because people who makes a lot of money because the very powerful powerful men in this community the cut tells run their own whats a system selling of a prize in an agony quarter and they put an end to any competition with brutal metal. My dream was to bring clean affordable water to the community. But like pipes were cut to pieces. Although he was afraid of the cartels kennedy decided to approach monday of one bag then he was a gang member and leader of the water mafia i one day if. I were to be the minister of water i shuffle. Like what we. Were talking a little bit over to the public would have for you he really quit a really small amount of money if it were not. Thats how it started and nobody ever touched the water. For monday it was an easy decision to switch sides in work for the ngo instead of a cartel. Its took 6 months for me to agree to work with him because i feel like he will pass on that is our youngest one told me he cannot be my employer i was little sleepy but now hes happy with his new job. I feel very proud. Because im doing what i see due to the Community Reaching out to former gang members like mandela who was the key to making this Community Service work the price of water reduced to one 5th of the former price and the quality is better to ensure the water meets the Safety Standards kennedy installed a water purifying system is the only one in the kibera slum. The water come from the wall but all its power to the ro water tank our side which is 24000 liters comes in to be now to be treated so now the water is no drinking and then we pump it now to the bigger tank from here the water is then distribute it so these are clean water on a brink of to show you that. It is clean. Test good. There are some tests i feel because well treated water. Kennedy truly in war does the spirit of the thing what is life he and his employees a helping their beloved Community One drop at a time norma. Thats inspiring now in the tiny west african nation off binny the 10th of january is a Public Holiday celebrating the ancient beneath off for 2 footed errands believe the spirits of family and sisters to them and worship many a day to head off this years festival dozens of ways in binions capital portland oval have been spruced up after years of neglect. Putting the finishing touches to whom will haunt 2 square important oval its one of the capitals 44. 00 square s. The squares used to be run down tended just by a few elderly who believe us lets change from paul to nova got funding from the french twin city to renovate them. People united least renovations get more visibility to the political and encourage people to believe in the existence of our davys im delighted because my people are also increasingly interested in the state he says we will be having. The worship of voodoo de ts was spent by the french colonise us and the government if it succeeded them today just over 10 percent of binnys population practice the traditional religion those that do say the us to date use the hope to save the sides of 4 ship. When offered a settlement any better not for this we held the sacrificial ceremonies we did all we could and then the renovations started in less than a month as weve redone the square root. And thats for those who dont believe in them mr far right now we can all enjoy this question. The squares follow close in to a city like to enjoy by the fetishists and Voodoo Science belong to the families who worship there and turn them oh good god get me. Soon. This is a heritage that we have to share with the world tourists are welcome you guys explain who he is how they protect people what offerings are suitable we want to understand that it isnt black magic its rather about the close relationship between people and nature and people and their ancestors not you. After being banned for decades voodoo is enjoying a quiet comeback in the name in fortune over around 20 young people were initiated into the religion in december alone. That is if an album days of being is africa this week stories on our website and Facebook Page in a phrase thats what a festival on the tail of january will leave you with some images from the annual event next time i might. 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