As a result of Eskom's efforts to connect the previously disadvantage communities to the electricity grids, more then two million low-income households have been connect. Eskom hopes to connect approximately the same number over the next few years. However, the two million newly connect households can not benefit from the changes due to the unavailability of small and basic low-cost appliances in the South African market. The immediately goal of the project is to import the refrigerators and then to explore the possibility or manufacturing them under a license in South Africa and the region. The total Eskom network consists of around 239,457 km of power lines.
Electricity is supplied country wide and exported to neighboring countries.
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