The managing director of NamPower has personally appealed to the Namibian pubic to safe electricity. Namibia is on the brink of experiencing power supply shortages due to power cuts in South Africa, caused by damage to a nuclear reactor at the Koeberg power station there.

Namibia imports up to 60% of its energy needs from RSA. "Namibia’s supply scenario is exacerbated by the low water flow of the Kunene River, which at this time of the year normally would be adequate to operate the Ruacana power station at full output 24 hours a day", Hangala said in a statement this week. This may result, at times, in NamPower not having access to enough energy to meet Namibia’s local demand. In order to prevent the complete Namibia electricity system to shut down, NamPower will be forced to compensate for the shortfall between supply and demand of energy by implementing a number of demand side management measures. The latest information from Eskom indicates that both Koeberg units would be back in full operation within the next 4 months. In the event of the Namibian power demand being more than the available power supply, NamPower will have to implement co-ordinated load shedding measures to prevent the collapse and shut down of the complete Namibian power network. Load shedding means that power supply might be cut for certain parts of the day or night.