Another series of rolling blackouts in the Western Cape has been averted. The Koeberg Nuclear Power Station managed to re-start one of the two power generators that had to be shut down within days of each other. South Africa's ongoing energy crisis has been surrounded by controversy. Decision makers and leaders, both in Eskom and in government, predicted in the late 1990s that Eskom would run out of power reserves by 2007 unless action was taken to prevent it. There is also criticism that Eskom exports electricity to neighbouring African states when it doesn't have the capacity to meet South Africa's demand. Eskom, however, announced on January 20, 2008 that it had ceased to export power. The government claims that the shortage caught them by surprise since the South African economy grew faster than expected. However, their...
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