Eskom has announced that it will launch three power purchase programmes that will address the power supply crisis affecting the nation. The power utility said in a statement that it will look to neighbouring countries and independent power producers to assist in creating emergency generation capacity as the state-owned entity has been plagues with up to 8 power stations have broken down in recent weeks. To unpack the impact these programmes will have on stabilizing the national grid, 

Guest: Patrick Bond - Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of Johannesburg