WATCH | Govt at coalface of power crisis

CAPE TOWN - Weary South Africans are being promised reliable power by the end of 2023.

Prolonged blackouts towards the end of last year seem to have finally spurred the government into action.

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The Energy Department says the crisis is being brought under control.

eNCA's Heidi Giokos reports that that's the message it tried to convey at the Coal Conference in Cape Town.