There is a new plan to curb Cape Town blackouts

A new energy risk management team has started talks on a plan to avert the chaos caused by the rolling blackouts in the Western Cape. The team is headed by Western Cape economic development MEC Tasneem Essop and includes representatives of business, Eskom, the City of Cape Town and civil society, among others. Essop says the plan will look at power cuts over the next 90 days. The team will meet again next Thursday to finalise the crisis-management plan which will be in effect at least until May.