The state-owned insurer has joined private ones in preparing for a potential total malfunction
A burning building in Springfield during an unrest in July 2021. Picture: SANDILE NDLOVU
The move to inform its clients of its new policy coverage comes less than a month before the start of winter. Eskom has yet to release its official system outlook for the winter months, when energy demand is expected to increase. On Friday, electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa conceded that the next 150 days will be “very difficult” as SA enters the peak winter period, in which energy demand is expected to peak at between 32,000MW and 36,000MW.
“This exclusion applies to any riot, strike or public disorder directly or indirectly caused by, arising out of, in any way or to any extent contributed to by, or in connection with electricity grid failure.”
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