The former Johannesburg mayor has 18 months to build a movement and a team to compete in the 2021 municipal elections, writes Adriaan Basson.
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Heavy rains and floods at three power stations caused the utility's already-reduced generation capacity to plunge further.
The opposition party made the call after power utility Eskom announced it was implementing stage 6 load shedding.
About 150 people who were trapped in a church in Mamelodi following flash floods that hit parts of the area have been rescued.
Public Service and Administration Minister Senzo Mchunu has dodged a question on whether Eskom's rolling blackouts currently casting the country in darkness is affecting his official residences.
At stage 8 Eskom expects to be providing electricity to the average South African for 12 hours out of every 24.
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Eskom, which last week again saw a collapse of its power network that led to nationwide load shedding, wants consumers to cough up a further R27 billion for electricity.
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