Was there really a Government White Paper published in 1998 that warned the country would run out of power in 2007?
In December 1998, a report called “White Paper on the Energy Policy of the Republic of South Africa” was published by the Government. On page 41 of the report it states “…growth in electricity demand is only projected to exceed generation capacity by approximately the year 2007… long capacity-expansion lead times require strategies to be in place in the mid-term, in order to meet the needs of the growing economy”.
