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african now show in which we investigate why africa has most developed economy relying on policy on its neighbors, south africa, a country which resources and technology increasingly finds itself in the dog. and the biggest energy crisis. it's a face full. where are you? hi, paula. 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 teaching 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 they have it. there goes the power for us, that civilian fortunate part for the rest of the country. these are the nice

streets of johanna bird, where not only is the power crisis, but also in increasing 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 all teachers are correspondent, new valiant, and coon gay gives an overview of how the africans are at they watts. and so dr. is ever worsening power prices in which homes and businesses been more than 10. i was with all the electricity is starting to struggle africa the most developed economy . oh no setting is going is too bad

cause fasting the uh well lost our profit. then our fries are not working. like 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 pick, pick like too much time and like yagi, lossing of a profit. and especially the generator resume, and you can see every time, maybe 2 or 3 times we are on generator. we 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 out really a problem. they also feeding into the crime in this country road. did we get robbed of our positions

a deal and we came to work in other places and in the very late you find yourself having to live 2 hours before just to get to a 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 if this situation is really affected as to a great extent? so that we, you know, we, we, we are left with the options of i don't wanna look at other avenues and stuff. so yeah, it really did affect us to a great extent, marcia. okay, are we did look at a new hiring generators and opting for things like, you know, maybe reschedule bookings and stuff, or perhaps take it to another will show or something that really did affect our business flow. we have a will show, but we can even awake year because of for you know,

lose shooting and stuff. so yeah, i'm actually thinking of closing that 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 c r, no low, we couldn't get into highness where this is cost in south africa. $61000000.00 us dollars a day. this year it's already amounted to $13000000000.00 to date. and surprisingly, the south african phase of the year is low shedding, 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 when to charge their 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 cheddie. was this power cards? not only are they unwarranted, but they are actually avoidable. but we needed 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 treat it in the same air way. and unless we can really harness to the full potential, our cold sauces, i can see how you're going to get out of this if it's been the imminent total collapse of the electricity grid with the results of the rolling blackouts 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 end in 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 finished. the job, probably alluding to the fact that the project began in the 960 by the portuguese and took some 15 years to complete. it includes a variety of electrical infrastructures that both generate, produce, transmit and commercialized. 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. they've come down into a kind of the shape open. there are 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 be can also neighboring countries like some bob way and south africa. not thanks.

office 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 common. 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 for 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 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 the price of more than big. but it's also the price of static because the largest and sonic we just need to get to do more. we did muslim be can be a game changer bit investments need to go in because what is going to happen is that there is a $100000000.00 bank 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 africa and subject, we could use that gas right there, 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 that going to fix our 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, the in house or an african region explicitly south africa is seen em, chronic electric shortages, especially low cheddie. oh, the biggest hydro electric steam in africa finds its home in south africa's. northern neighbor is in barb way built 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 guided by jim was constructed in the 1950s, probably 1950 because it wasn't supposed to provide energy security for both northern and southern rhodesia. so it is bins um put in

a position where by it was going to generate over $3000.00 kilowatts for what countries, thereby alleviating in shortages in 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 with last 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 though the district i of course um i'd res will in a to 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 can after image provision for southern africa in somebody in particular. unfortunately i think liquid investment and investment for years it since about with some of being exposed. not only to the child is it the hydro little one,

get cutty but but also you look at the one did the 7 and 8 with the end may go from the expansion 7 and then we don't think it's something which will solve the challenges given the deficit or gap between we put up production in the demand of the industries and where they need to be good. when 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, will be able to satisfy the demand, which we have in this. 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 to nicea 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, in this situation. we, more than 600000000 of its inhabitants, do not have access to electricity due to need to have sufficient electricity supply stable electricity supplied. and you do need to ensure energy security in order to grow and economy and what will it take to power african countries paths. it's very simple, political will nothing more, nothing live. now from the bubble way, they start using electricity and being active only at night to nigeria. 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 is truly understand why african leaders are okay with a situation of this nature. why is it ok to have tricity of for 20 hours a day? why is it okay to power 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 of area. if you look at egypt, for instance, they use gas, they also use oil oil that this was from libya. so they have a brother who would be using for their beta hood in their own advancement and on that renewable energy narrative. and there was a lot of promises during the country to 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 put onto these western in rich countries, or should they start off to look for alternatives? you know, one of the turning things around comp 20 says was how poor nations around the world, particularly africa, as well as small island developing states or the courses 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's what do you think of here? because is that corruption? is it low infrastructure or just no investment within that victor? so for some africa, 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 and in the western cape. and this of course then escalated to the rest of the country. we launch shooting an earnest started in 2008. at the time there was a deficit between supply and demand. we had too much or 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 $987.00 to actually build new capacity and they chose not to do anything. over the years there's been general management on those projects. there's been corruption, they were design flaws, bringing us to a point where even in 2023 we was 3 out currently as was silly as a result of the, of, of, of

a design flaw. alternately. and in terms of progress is how progressive do you think african governments are in trying to fix the energy crisis? look in the continent, african governments not as progressive if you are the most african government, even in south africa. so what their plans are will tell you about random ideas, concepts that they have, but nothing actionable. they are no 20 or 30 year plans. however, if you go when you speak to europe, he and leaders and you speak to the u. k, the us, china, and you asked them what their plans for africa are very detailed. they know exactly what they want out of africa. they knew exactly what they want to sell to africa. they know what the pro rabbit is before the african continent, but our leaders don't seem to have an idea for what we should be doing and what we should look like in order to ensure an issue security. so the challenge is clear now for the solution,

more and more african countries are looking for sustainable options. one of them being nuclear power and partnerships in the east rather than the waste because of sustainability and cost. one of the solutions has already been tabled by russia for south africa. to discuss this further, i'm joined by doctor cope and 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 of the not true. what happened was it was an agreement on a technical basis for understanding to begin a relationship with god. it was an artificial creation of the anti new lobby that some secret deal. there was no such thing. i spoken to very senior toria

and none of them any of us secret deal. so there was a basis of understanding sun, lower level for incorrect. why was the deal stops and kennedy renewed. well, we were going to approach this, the choir, a large college station, and number of countries with the running and russia is one of the russia makes very good knowledge. 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 this problem which arrangement problem the course also has international financial problems. there was a change of government. and so the other factors that the project on own, and this is just not being reactive a role. and now these 2 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 we can take europe peer models and expect that something that works in the country like germany is sent to work just well. so we put a look at our solutions and quite frankly, with solar place, the space slow, leak just deeper national consumption. so what we need is for coal will still be a mainstream. it is the nuclear power institute. and what we need an africa small nuclear axis do not need to launch what works such as the south african developed h t m, or $100.00. you correct? it was been developed. tory, that's an ideal price to guess. so if you like, it does not have to be next to the what does nuclear offer africa,

that coal and other forms of energy don't one great thing about nuclear fuel. you know, large new oscillation luck, cooper. good. so that was run by the code. it would be using 6 train those of code every day, but could only use as one truckload every year. so the advantage now for africa is it takes you to the react when you don't need to continuous delivery, la co code, you need to deliver any culture if you like, the few so small. and so that is a mess of advantage also is very independent of uranium cross. uranium is so little but certainly use the uranium the reason of the cold crushed holes with guess prost. so you tend to be attractive because of the fueling. the reaction

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 has been offered, which has to be repaid. and unfortunately, it comes with conditions to say, if you take the money you use of the way you putting in, when i emphasize opposed to when the, when the place is not the solution, we need a much more reliable. so something nuclear, we need co with this cold, is not going to go away as anybody watching we speak. well, that brings us to the end of this week show. we hope you founded enlightening. last week we explored the de 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 handles

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