SA 'not running out of power'
Johannesburg - The recent power outages in South Africa were nothing but a logistical problem, Minerals and Energy Minister Lindiwe Hendricks said on Thursday.
"What we experienced is a problem of a particular type," the minister told reporters at an African ministerial conference on hydropower in Sandton, Johannesburg.
"If there is a problem at Koeberg, the transmission of power from Mpumalanga and Gauteng is not sufficient to feed the large electricity demand in the Western Cape," she said in response to a reporter's question.
The reporter asked if South Africa could meet its ever rising power demands.
South Africa was not running out of power, Hendricks said, adding that the country was supplying power to some of its neighbouring states, but did not name them.
Asked whether South Africa would cut down on exports to those countries, she replied: "Internal problems, specifically those at Koeberg, should not be considered to affect or destabilise our supply to our neighbours.
"... we have agreements with these nations and we cannot decide all of a sudden because of internal issues to cut down on such," she said.
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