Johannesburg needs $1.6bn for power supply, mayor says

Johannesburg, South Africa’s biggest city, needs R26 billion ($1.6 billion) to stabilise power supply, Mayor Mpho Phalatse said.

However, the city only has R7.7 billion for a budget that includes other infrastructure such as water supply, she said at an energy conference on Monday.

South African cities have been hit by intermittent power outages since 2008 because Eskom, the state power utility, can’t meet demand.