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Agang SA leader, Mamphela Ramphele says a six month delay in electricity generation at the Medupi power station, in Limpopo, will hit the country's poorest households the hardest.
She says the Eskom Medupi fiasco comes at a time when electricity prices are already rocketing, and ordinary citizens cannot afford to pay more, only to see more blackouts.
Ramphele said the failure to bring Medupi on line would affect the competitiveness of business and the country as a whole.
On Monday, Eskom said the Medupi power station would probably start generating electricity only in the second half of 2014, and blamed technical problems for the delay.
It also said construction of the power station was expected to cost R105 billion, instead of the expected R91.2bn.
