South Africa revokes state of disaster over power

 The South African government has decided to revoke a national state of disaster that it declared in February to address the electricity crisis.

The state of disaster meant it could use emergency procurement procedures with fewer bureaucratic delays in a bid to end severe power cuts.

There had been concern that this would open the door to further corruption in the state-owned power company, Eskom. It has been mired in scandals and is more than $20bn (£16bn) in debt.

South Africa’s Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has also reversed a decision to exempt Eskom from declaring all of its expenditure. The opposition had said the policy was an acceptance of corruption in the power sector.

Source: BBC

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