The REDs set out to supply and distribute electricity in a more efficient manner to ultimately benefit end users. Can you honestly say this has been achieved at Erongo RED?
We inherited networks as they were and had to make do with what was there. That meant we had to do a lot of first-aid repairs, as most of them were not in a good condition. There will not be change overnight, but over the past 36 months we have added value to the community in the Erongo Region. Karibib, for instance, no longer has voltage problems and the supermarket fridges are no longer breaking or tripping because of fluctuating voltage. We are getting to the bottom of it. The whole town of Usakos used to trip out when three drops of rain fell. We have to get to some kind of standard as there is no money to replace networks, which require capital investments. We would first have to build up capital. We managed to maintain the standard of Walvis Bay and Swakopmund with reasonably good infrastructure. It took a lot of effort to improve the standard elsewhere in the region. We established a presence in every town to bring a direct service to each town locally. We are also in a position
