South African Energy Crisis Triggers Declaration Of State Of Disaster

South Africa is now in a “state of disaster,” according to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who made the declaration on Thursday due to the country’s raging energy crisis. President Ramaphosa referred to the energy crisis on Thursday in the annual State of the Nation Address as “profound,” adding that the seeds of it “were planted many years ago.”  The power cuts—or rolling blackouts—by South Africa’s state-run utility Eksom are daily and are reportedly the worst in its history.…