SAPP faces Herculean task to achieve mandate ... Angola, Malawi and Tanzania still reluctant to join || The Southern Times

SAPP faces Herculean task to achieve mandate ... Angola, Malawi and Tanzania still reluctant to join || The Southern Times: The SAPP has an installed capacity of 62 GW (62 000 MW) but only 54 GW (54 000 MW) is available at the moment.

SAPP has a mandate of providing a forum for the development of a world-class, robust, safe, efficient, reliable and stable interconnected electrical system in the southern African region.

However, the regional power pool is facing challenges amid poor economic performances by member states.� Other challenges include the reluctance by Angola, Malawi and Tanzania to interconnect their national power grids onto the SAPP grid.

South Africa’s Eskom, which is SAPP’s bigg