Opposition parties expressed their dismay when the ANC president, Cyril Ramaphosa, went to Egypt amidst #rollingblackouts occurred all over South-Africa this past week. He had to cut his less important visit to short and returned to South Africa to talk to the heads of Eskom about the crisis load shedding has on the finances of SA.
Observers point out that Eskom suddenly announced on Wednesday that it is switching back to Phase 2 load shedding, but experts say the major damage has already been done.
Several opposition politicians have made urgent requests for Ramaphosa to return, but observers say this is not just an electricity crisis, but has serious economic consequences for the faltering economy of South Africa.