South Africa, its state of disaster made official, is to have a minister of electricity in the presidency whose job is to end load-shedding. This was the news the nation was waiting for on Thursday night, and the moment President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the state of disaster during his State of the Nation Address (Sona), his audience in the Cape Town City Hall cheered.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered his seventh State of the Nation Address on Thursday. The State of Disaster will enable us to provide practical measures that we need to take to support businesses in the food production, storage and retail supply chain, including for the roll-out of generator.
President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered his seventh State of the Nation address on Thursday night from Cape Town's City Hall, where he focused mainly on the electricity crisis plaguing the country.