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there needs capital spruces up. they head off its annual festival. hello i'm kristie want to welcome to news africa it's 50 have your company africa's most industrialized country is bracing for more bouts of pollock of africa's paul utility breakdowns at its polish stations has slashed the amount of electricity it's able to generate which is state own supplies more than 90 percent of the country's electricity but since 2007 it has struggled to meet demand he says seen the company results shift cutting supply on a rotating shuttle when the national grid cannot meet demand that's referred to as getting in south africa now the apollo cuts are not just an inconvenience they cost the cunt. billions and last year push the economy to the brink of recession now to

help us understand why problems prevail at this meeting as he invited chris yen and on to the program he's an energy analyst at a business intelligence to south africa welcome to africa missed again and it's quite used to be one of the most reliable power you've seen it seems in the weald why is it now in crisis it's a hard thing to explain in in a few words but there's been a series of poor decisions over the us poor decisions by the shareholder that he's government by the board of directors and by the message once that if i would put it down to one major issue i would say the medupi and could see the coal fired projects which were intended to deliver something like 10000 megawatts of new generation capacity by train t. 14 these problems have been very long delayed and not coming on stream as they

should have and also at massive cost overruns pushing is going to date. at unprecedented levels and not to end up meeting the increasing demand for electricity in south africa and therefore plunging the country into a pricey a talking about long term projects have a committee. well we don't have what is known as an integrated energy plan and this despite the fact that the north quite as the minister of energy to publish such a plan every single years since 2008 it's never been published what we do have thank goodness at last is an integrated resource plan for to address the so-called i.r. peak this is a plan up until 2030 looking at the amount of generation capacity that needs to be built in order to meet the projected demond. and we do have this plan but it's being slow in coming and it's not yet implemented in any shape or form yet and furthermore that treaty looks at logan planning happened to the year 2030 is about

a limit of 12 years and there are already media short term needs that are not addressed in this plan for a government is at the moment being a request for proposals for short term in emergency power and last year and it's on board member told south africa's parliament that there was a lot of political interference in the pilots and it's the extent that the right decisions weren't always taken why would that be the case. the it government has kind of see in s. go and ask him his see that self because state owned enterprise as being some kind of extension of government policy and it in a kind of an in committing agency for government bonus and so for example they kept the price of electricity ought to see should be love it if a the benefit the social benefits of people and south africa a ask him was also been seen as a place for its for employment at you increase the number of jobs in the country at

his him a b. i was soft at the moment one of these things lead to you know their revenue that is in at it quits and costs that up too high it to the extent twin this impacts on investment decisions are its ability to do maintenance properly and therefore it's run into huge day it which is praising huge financial burdens on the company and the plant is getting old and has environmental issues a 80 percent of south africa's pick chris the it comes from coal and 95 percent of the league's is it he comes from aske i'm so old out exactly in a brief you boss gets on those boss gets are of broken and a lot of this is due to a government interference and seeing estimate as a kind of a implementing agency of government policy brother that as a business all right that's chris yen and saw the african energy analyst thank you from electricity and south africa it's now 2 boss hey in can yet people living in

nairobi its biggest slung give era half most stevie lacked x. say is supreme bunny war set now with a definite fading to provide the service so cold water ca tells have fill the gap but they sell residence overpriced and and high chain if what step a one men who grew up in give berra made it his mission to supply keen water it's in the slam but if meant but he had to pot net with a gangsta disk either kibera slum in nairobi pipes we pray schwartz a run through sue are ton o. for a long time residents have been suffering under this and i genie conditions but there is hope now a connection of blue pipes run above the slums shanties they provide residents with clean and hugh porter all thanks to kennedy or did. growing up in this community it was a tough life of war what doc was was i remember looking to get this far to go and fetch water you know cutting it on my shoulder. also my neighbor at night

who are sick and dying because no health care having grown up in kibera and experience the effects of unsafe or to face hands kennedy or did they founded the. but he would soon face fierce opposition from the so-called water cattails. idea of water was so the question to me it was a little bit. of the same time because we are people who makes a lot of money because the very powerful powerful men in this community they cut tells run their own want to see still selling of a prize in an a genie quartet and they put an end to any competition with brutal metal. my dream was to bring clean affordable water to the community. but like pipes were cut to pieces. although he was afraid of the cartels kennedy decided to approach monday

of one back then he was a gang member and leader of the water mafia i knew from wonderful. how to be the minister of water i should go look what we. were talking a little bit and then after the public want to play you he really quit a really small amount of money if it were not. that's how it started and nobody ever touched the water. for monday it was an easy decision to switch sides and wait for the ngo instead of the cartel. it's took 6 months for me to agree to work with him because i feel like i can pass on that is a young one to me he cannot be my employer i was a little sleepy but now he's happy with his new job. i feel very proud. because i'm doing what i see due to the community reaching

out to former gang members like mandy who was the key to making this community service work the price of water reduced to one 5th of the former price and the quality is better to ensure the water meets the safety standards kennedy installed a water purifying system is the only one in the kibera slum. the water come from the wall but all is power to the ro water tank our side which is 24000 liters comes in. to be now to be treated so now the water is no drinking and then we pump it now to the bigger tank from here the water is then distribute it so this is our clean water or a drink if we show you that. it is clean. you . test good. you either sometimes i feel because well

treated water. kennedy truly in war does the spirit of the thing what is life he and his employees a helping their beloved community one drop at a time norma. that's inspiring now in the tiny west african nation off binning the 10th of january is a public holiday celebrating the ancient in the off food to food it terence believe the spirits of family and sisters to them and worship many dates head off this year's festival dozens of. capitol portland oval have been spruced up after years of neglect. putting the finishing touches to whom will haunt 2 square important oval it's one of the capitals $44.00 square s. the squares used to be run down tended just by a few elderly who believe it's left st spend part of nova got funding from the

french twin city to renovate them. people you had always renovations get more visibility to the political to encourage people to believe in the existence of our days i'm delighted because my people are also increasingly interested in the state he says we live in reality. the worship of voodoo day spent by the french colonise us and the government which succeeded them today just over 10 percent of binion's population practice the traditional religion those that do say they asked the day to use one hope to save the sites of course ship. one off for those who don't need any back showing up for this we held a sacrificial ceremonies we did all we could and then the renovations started in less than a month we've redone the square root. and that's for those who don't believe in them mr fright now we can all enjoy this question. the squarest follow close in to a city like to enjoy but the fetishists and voodoo science belong to the families who worship there and. the good lord it.

oh no. this is a heritage that we have to share with the world tourists are welcome guys explain who he is how they protect people what offerings are suitable we want to understand that isn't black magic it's rather about the close relationship between people and nature and people and their ancestors not you. after being banned for decades voodoo is enjoying a quiet comeback in the name in fortune over around 20 young people were initiated into the religion in december alone. that is if an album days everything is africa this week you can catch all our stories on our website and facebook page. brings us would have festival on the table january will leave you with some images from the anything until next time i back.

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