Civil organisation Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) has filed a review application in the North Gauteng High Court to have the decision by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) to grant floating gas-power ship company Karpowership-linked independent power producers generation licences set aside. Outa’s advocate Stefanie Fick said the application sought for the granting of the licences to be reviewed and set aside, and a court order for Nersa to reconsider and review the applications.
Creamer Media’s Chanel de Bruyn speaks to Engineering News Editor Terence Creamer about the finger pointing that is normal after any bout of load-shedding; the most recent blame game being amplified as a result of an ugly showdown during a Parliamentary oversight visit to Eskom’s Megawatt Park; President Cyril Ramaphosa’s response; and what the country should be doing to tackle the ongoing energy crisis.