Lawyers for a group of political parties, businesspeople, doctors and trade unions have asked the Pretoria High Court to step in and order that certain critical sectors be exempted from load shedding.
UDM leader Bantu Holomisa said South Africans are owed a thorough explanation as to what is going on at Eskom and how the energy crisis is going to be fixed.
Their lawyers – seven law firms –have jointly written to public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan and Eskom boss Andre de Ruyter claiming the state was in breach of its obligation to provide electricity.
Seven high-profile lawyers representing political parties, NPOs and businesses have written to public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan and Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter threatening legal action if loadshedding is not stopped.