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Koketso Moeti

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Koketso Moeti is a civic activist, a Mulago Foundation Rainer Arnhold fellow, an Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity, an inaugural Obama Foundation fellow and an Aspen New Voices senior fellow.

December 05, 2022

South Africa’s electricity crisis puts women at riskSocioeconomic Inclusion
A woman reacts as she prepares a brazier in front of a makeshift hair saloon, during electricity outages in Soweto, South Africa, June 19,2020

Even as South Africans face a cost of living crisis worsened by an unaffordable and inconsistent electricity supply, the country's electricity public utility Eskom recently applied for a massive 32% tariff hike on electricity in 2023.

This year, the country has faced excessive loadshedding - rotational, planned supply interruptions due to the demand for electricity exceeding the available supply.

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