Load shedding crisis: Cabinet still in dark on legal grounds for national state of disaster

As President Cyril Ramaphosa's executive met for a lekgotla on Thursday, they remained in the dark as to whether they had the legal authority to implement a state of national disaster to deal with load shedding. 

The country has, since Tuesday, suffered from rolling Stage 6 and Stage 5 blackouts implemented by Eskom.  

The impact of load shedding continues to rip through the lives of South Africans, impacting businesses and much of the economic activity.