The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry says the current load shedding crisis facing the country will have a huge impact on economic recovery. Eskom started implementing stage four load shedding on Wednesday because of additional breakdowns of a unit in Medupi and high winter demand. The Chamber which represents more than 20 thousand small and medium sized business warns that businesses are struggling with the current power cuts and this will led to additional job losses.

To assist us on this we are joined by:

• Chris Yelland Energy Expert

• Happy Khambule Political Advisor Green peace Africa

• Dave Long General Secretary South African Independent Power Producers Association (SAIPPA)