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this week, african now show in which we investigate why africa has most developed economy relying on college, on its neighbors, south africa, a country which in resources and technology increasingly finds itself in the dark. and the biggest energy crisis is a face full. where are you? hi paul, i'm here and these are hattiesburg head offices. i do have with me a few of our colleagues. and unfortunately we just had a power outage. but lucky for us, we do have a generator that should be kicking in very soon. the very unfortunate part about all of this is that only 2 percent off of africans have generators of the risks of the country continue to stay in the darkness with no lights, no power, no war during these low shading days. and because we do have a generator in the company, it's just taking in very soon be you have it there, go with the power for us, that civilian fortunate part for the rest of the country. these are the nice

streets of johanna berg, when not only is their power crisis, but also an increase in crime making the city the world's crime capital, south africa to terry a national electricity good is come, can no longer accommodate the demand of a population of 60000000 people last year was the worst on record with 205 days of voting. blackouts as agent, coal fired power plants broke down. and s. com struggled to find the money to buy diesel for emergency generators that were called look, set to be beaten. as every day this year, they have been our teachers are correspondent, new valiant, and coon gay gives an overview of health africans are at they watts. so dr. is ever worsening power prices in which homes and businesses been more than 10. i was without electricity is starting to struggle africa. the most developed economy

no setting is going is too bad cause. first thing we are well lost our profit. then our fries are not working. when electricity is gone, like we can do anything, sometimes we close early. then have to wait for electricity, then we have to come in open and close 9 o'clock. so, so is thick. is it like too much time and like yagi, lossing, of a profit. and i specially the generator is ian. you can see every time, maybe 2 or 3 times to be on generator, the buying petro like every day. 500600 and debt. our profit, the streets of johannesburg, have gotten quite intense and become more difficult to navigate on a daily basis. as a result of these traffic lights that are not working as eyes, but the guy with the traffic lights are not working. are really a problem. they also feeding into the crime he in this country road. did we get

robbed of our positions a deal, and we came to work in other places. linda, very late. you find yourself having to leave 2 hours before i just get to your place. you become defeated because it says something you can solve within a minute. it will something you can solve within a week. we don't know how long is this situation going to last us? how much can our economy take out of diff? this situation is really affected as to a great extent. so that we, you know, we, we, we, we are left with the options of for now, look at other avenues and stuff. so yeah, it really did affect us to a great extent. ma say, okay, are we did look at a new hiring generators and are opting for things like, you know, maybe rescheduled booking stuff or perhaps take it to another will show or something that really did affect our business flow. we have

a workshop but we can even awake year because of for you know, shooting and stuff. so yeah, i'm actually thinking of closing the down the windshield is that african energy prices has gotten so bad that it's now become a major crisis that needs to be solved as soon as possible. and unless the major plans are put in place, analyst and experts say the next 5 years could become a disaster. for r t r. no, lou, we couldn't get into highness there. this is cost in south africa. $51000000.00 us dollars a day. this year it's already amounted to $13000000000.00 to date. and surprisingly, the south african phrase of the year is load shading, which describes the never ending rolling blackouts, just like people in other parts of the world. check the weather. south africans check their phones to see the eskimo scheduled blackouts. so they can plan when 2 bath went to cook and went to church. they phones. there is no reason whatsoever

for south africa to continue to endure the economically catastrophic and financial arena's power cuts, otherwise known, are referred to as low charity. was this power cars? not only are they unwarranted, but they are actually avoidable. but we need to have taken steps if you years ago. for example, south africa got over $47000.00 megawatts of install capacity, which is based on fossil fuel, which is cold. no cold is to south africa, what oil is to the saudis, or what guess an oil is to the russians. we therefore should cheated in the same air way. and unless we can really harness to the full potential, our cold resources, i can see how you're going to get out of this if, if anything, we are risking the imminent total collapse of the electricity grid with the results of the rolling black that we are enduring because the generation system

as well as the grid, we're not designed for exactly the situation that we find ourselves in. but there's no ending fight in short order of time purely because the government, there's a lot of ineptitude. there's a lot of lethargy, not really knowing what to do next. and every day that they delay to take the correct decisions. it just means that the situation is getting more and more dia, we are getting into the winter months, and the total collapse of the grid fate is immune and the already is. that's why it makes for south africa is a country with much less infrastructure, but no power disruptions. i visited northern most and beek, which is home to one of the biggest hydro electric schemes in africa. one come to what locals called the pride of mozambique. you have here, africa was a 4th largest man made dead, and it is known as the whole. vasa,

hydro electric plan, go home bus, and one of the local most be can languages means that nice the job probably leading to the fact that the project began in the 1960 by the portuguese and took some 15 years to complete. it includes a variety of electrical infrastructures that both generate, produce, transmit and commercialized west. now you see a natural gorge. so you have the mbc river coming down from this direction and on either side you have these parallel slopes. i've come down into a kind of the shape over there, all these police case. and once those are opened, the water floods through turning the turnstiles and the turbines, which in turn generates electricity. and that electricity is used here and most and b can also neighboring countries, like some bob,

which and south africa not think about this. it generates 530 killer watts of electricity that travel, 1400 kilometers to the south african border where they picked up by the south. african electrical grid is calm and those parallel lines are known as zayus and pillar. that is an important source of electricity for south africa, and not only is the project used to provide electricity, but it's important full of income for the local community. a town has sprung up here on the banks of the whole robust sedan. so one of the important hydro electric plants in africa, in fact, the 2nd largest one that there is 2075 megawatt in capacity. so congest to ship the ship windy amber which is about $2100.00. i mean thing that the more them, because one is bigger,

but yet when you look at the huge amount of potential and capacity that it has to pam was a big deal is, is the price of more than big. but it's also the price of static because it's the largest in the subject. we just need to get to do more we did was i'm be can be a game changer. but investments need to go in because what is going to happen is that there is a $100000000.00 when project. those are proved by the african one in bank on the same hydropower dam that can really power and really in cruise capacity and more and more fast. that's good, but that's not going to be enough. they have the power of bond and natural gas that has been shipped to europe to pi europe by this time when we have an energy crisis right down in south african subject, we could use that gas right, right there. to drive off some of the stuff up south san is doing tro, macola under romco, pod down. so you and your uncle pipelines. so you are going to see gas coming in

the. the sticks are problems right now, but also in the south africa, par pool that plays a big role with the a massive advance deposit at the city, natural gas. and also in hydro power, we just need to channel india investments, rightly because most i'm big on. fortunately does not have or the finances to be able to deal with the energy infrastructure issues that are needed to move this power into a dentist or an african region explicitly, south africa is seen em, chronic electric shortages, especially with low cheddie. oh, the biggest hydro electric steam in africa finds its home in south africa's northern neighbor is in bob way, not in the early sixty's. it has in the past been a reliable supplier of electricity. that recently ran into problems with low water levels, from drought, without her southern african countries would be in more trouble than what they already are guarded by. jim was constructed in the 1950s, probably 1950 because it wasn't supposed to provide energy security for. but

northern in southern rhodesia, so it is bins um put in a position where by it was going to generate over 3000 kilowatts for what countries, thereby alleviating in shortages from southern africa several. so carry, buys, a very important that i speak to when it comes to energy notation, because we are talking of hydra, which is what, let's couple footprint that co, i think if the russians rental come and invest in energy seconds and what would they need to look at or, or your energy is as of the energy can to, that is in bubble is what a little now was in terms ofa in sunlight provision their bay. i think the greatest um initiative for the come for, for, for renewable image. i think that the district i of course um, either as well in italy, rehabilitate m carry by them because i it is one. it's a bit old. it new to rehabilitation. and also it is shown that this inefficient cannot victor image provision for southern africa in somebody in particular. unfortunately, i think liquid investment and investment for years it since but with some of

exposed not only to the challenges at the hydro or one gate cutty but. but also you look at the one did the 7 and 8 with the end that may go from the expansion 7 and possibly the same amount from 8. we certainly don't think it's something which will solve the in a challenge is given the deputy or a gap between we put up production in the demand of the industries and where they need to be good. and you look at the industry growth at the moment. also, we don't think the image will capacitance. at the moment. in the next 5 years, we'll be able to decide the demand, which we have. unfortunately, nearly 600000000 people in sub saharan africa without electricity, especially in rural areas where infrastructure doesn't exist. the worst is in south sudan. we're only 7 percent of people have access to electricity. by comparison, shanicea is the best in providing 100 percent of its population with power belonging to thank you for joining us. i think it's only fitting that we start with

the foundation and you just telling us what exactly is so broken within the african continent. unfortunately, when you look at africa, you can basically split it's sort of between north and the south. if you look at north africa, they more than adequately supplied with it. with electricity, you're looking at the transportation rate of above 95 percent. then you basically have the risk of sub saharan africa, which for some other reason, you know, finds itself in a, in a situation where more than 600000000 of its inhabitants do not have access to electricity due to need to have sufficient electricity supply, stable electricity supply and you do need to insure energy security in order to grow and economy, and what will it take to power african countries? paths is very simple, political will nothing more, nothing live. now from the bubble away,

they start to use seeing electricity and being active only at night to nigeria. we all of this has become a norm and not to mention where we are in south africa. this is a crisis. and do you think that this has now become some sort of human rights issue? you know, if you look at what has been happening around africa, especially around in n g, i would certainly say the is an issue there. it looks at, you know, maybe preaching the constitution. in the case of south africa, it's really at a point where nobody truly understand why african leaders are okay with a situation of this nature. why is it ok to have electricity off for 20 hours a day? why is it okay to power up the largest economy in africa? which is nigeria using generators? yet not too far from the on the other side of the continent. you have egypt, 2nd largest economy. and they have electrification of about 98 percent. and i'm

really happy that you mentioned some of the worst and best performing countries within the continent. because if you take a look, add to to nice. yeah. and salt sedan, what do you think a 2 needed doing that song to them could perhaps do as well? well, to news it is like he in that it finds itself in a brotherhood of north african nations where they deliberately work together. they also have shared resources. so to new year, for instance, primarily uses natural gas over and 97 percent of the installed capacity comes from gas, gas that they've, sourced from way. algeria, if you look at egypt, for instance, they use gas, they also use oil oil that they've source from libya. so they have a brother who that be using for their bitter hood in their own advancement. and on that renewable energy narrative, linda, there was

a lot of promises during the up to the san fran summit. and amidst all governments within the african continent, had to come back to the countries and ponder how exactly to deal with the shortage of electricity and power. do you think that african governments should continue pigging the hopes onto these western and rich countries? or should they start off to look for alternatives? you know, one of the turning things around cop 20 says, was how poor nations around the world, particularly africa, as well as small island developing states. because when to come up with these great hopes and you know, initiative especially around funding, obtaining funding for adaptation mitigation that they required. there is about $300000000.00 shortfall of funding for african nations as well as small islands. and this is on an annual basis, and specifically looking at so that what do you think of here?

because is it corruption? is it low infrastructure or just no investment within that fic tech sofas? however, it is a myriad of issues that started let me see in about 2006 already we're, we're grid issues in the northern cape in the western cape and us of course, in escalated to the rest of the country. we load shading and earnest started in 2008. at the time there was a deficit between supply and demand. we had too much, or you know, excessive demand at the time which exceeded about $37000.00 megawatts. whereas supply had not reached that point. at that juncture, the politicians in charge had mandates and they had a mandate from 10 years prior for about $1087.00 to actually build new capacity. and they chose not to do anything over the years. there's been general miss miss management on those projects. there's been a crash and they were design flaws,

bringing us to a point we even in 2023. we've got 3 units out currently at sea as a result of a designed floor. alternately. and in terms of progress is how progressive do you think african governments are in trying to fix the energy crisis within the continent? african governments not her progressive. if you are the most african government, even in south africa, so what their plans are, they'll tell you about random ideas, concepts that they have, but nothing actionable. they are no 20 or 30 year plans. however, if you go in, you speak to europe, us, china, and you, but our need is don't seen the power and partnerships in the east rather than the waste because of sustainability and cost. one of these solutions has already been tabled by russia for south africa. to discuss this further, i'm joined by dr. kelvin kim, a nuclear physicist and chief executive of strategic business strategy

communication doctor, thank you so much for joining us. please explain the nuclear deal between toria and moscow. really was talking newspapers about a new deal. some payments are not true. what happened was there was an agreement on a technical basis for understanding to begin a relationship with you. it was an artificial creation of the anti new lobby and some secret deal. there was no such thing. i spoke into very senior toria and she knew in moscow any secret deal. so there was a basis of understanding sun lower level and it just is incorrect. why was the deal stopped and can it be renewed? well, we were going to approach this time to acquire a large new college station. and number of actually is when the run in russia is

one of the russia makes very good. large, you correct is no doubt in the run. and then so that rica stock the project at the time that was with united states had the problem which arrangement problem that cause also international financial problems. there was a change of government. and so the other factors that put the project on own and it's just not being reactive a stroller now, these talk and administer ma touchy reactivating the nuclear. so they're both large reactors and small, much of the reactance. what are the solutions for south africa and africa in terms of the struggle for electricity going forward? so one can take you repeat models and expect that something that works in the country like germany is sent to work just well. so we look at solutions and quite

frankly, with solar space, slow leak just deeper national consumption. so what we need is co will still be a mainstream, is the nuclear power institute, and what we need an africa small nuclear axis do not need a large for such as the developed h t m, or 100. you correct? it was being developed of rhetoric, that's an ideal price to guess if you liked it does not have to be next to the what does nuclear offer africa that coal and other forms of energy don't? well, one great thing about nuclear is it uses. so this will you know, large to pass, they should look cooper. good. so that was run. oh, it would be using 6 train those of code every day but could only use as one truckload every year. so the advantage for africa is,

is you can take fuel to the react when you don't need a continuous delivery. la, cocoa, you need a railroad line or road that's to run all of the top. you can do that or 34, you can deliver by helicopter if you like, the few so small. and so that is a mess of advantage also is very independent of uranium. uranium is so little but certainly use the uranium the reason of the cold crush the holes with guess prost. so you tend to be attractive because of the fueling, the react south africa was recently given $8000000.00 by the united states for clean energy. is this investment enough to secure south africa's power grid? is a 1000000000 loan which is being offered which has to be repaid. and unfortunately,

it comes with conditions to say, if you take the money years of the way you putting in, when i emphasize opposed to when the, when the space is not the solution, we need a much more reliable. so something nuclear, we need co with this whole is not going to go away. love watching we speak. well, that brings us to the end of this week show. we hope you found it enlightening. last week we explored the di colonization of education in africa, and the feedback has been quite overwhelming. thank you to everyone who reached out . as you know, we appreciate your comments and you can always find us on the social media handle. on this screen. next week will be mozambique, exploring the greek of foreign powers and the growing problem of islamic extremism . do join us again on tuesday until then for myself and the team. good night.

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