Govt buys generators to keep lights on in court
The Department of Justice says it has bought more generators to keep the lights on in the country’s court during load shedding.
The generators will be allocated to high courts in Pretoria, Pietermaritzburg, Middelburg, Thohoyandou, Bisho, and Cape Town.
The Labour and Labour Appeals courts in Durban and Cape Town will also be included.
Justice Minister Ronald Lamola has on more than one occasion expressed concern at the impact of the constant load shedding on the justice system.
"To ensure that disruptions to court activities resulting from load-shedding are kept to a minimum, DoJ&CD has registered a project to install 80 generators with Department of Public Works and Infrastructure at various service points,” the ministry said in a statement on Friday.
"The ministry has also embarked on a pilot programme to install inverters/solar power at various service points through the new minor works delegation received from DPWI in October 2022."
The ministry says it has since installed Uninterrupted Power Supply systems to all server rooms in all superior courts to prevent data loss and ensure business continuity to the ICT networks.
Lamola has also written to the cooperative governance and electricity ministers requesting the courts to be exempt from the rolling black outs during working hours.
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