Mantashe claims Eskom’s power crisis can be fixed in 6 to 12 months

As South Africa remains in the grips of Stage 6 loadshedding – with large electricity tariff hikes also now on the cards – Mineral Resources and Energy minister Gwede Mantashe claims the power crisis can be tackled within just six to 12 months.  “Eskom must do introspection: do we have the capacity to deal with the crisis? If not can we go out and look for that capacity… it will take us six to 12 months to solve this issue if we pay attention to that,” he said in an interview with eNCA on Friday.