Department of Minerals and Energy (1998, December). White Paper on the Energy Policy of the Republic of South Africa. Pretoria.

The white paper set policy for electricity, liquid fuels, coal and household energy after 1994. It states that “Eskom’s present generation capacity surplus will be fully utilised by about 2007.” The wiki cites it in South Africa on the Curve as the dated warning against which the later power shortfall is measured: load-shedding began in the years the paper forecast. The text linked here is the copy held by Polity.

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