City of Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba intends to negotiate a contract with independent coal-fired power station Kelvin near OR Tambo International Airport as a possible solution for the City’s rolling blackouts. During his State of the City Address delivered in Braamfontein on Tuesday, Mashaba said Johannesburg’s dependence on Eskom for its power is a disaster that the city now has to mitigate. “Load-shedding in the coming years is a reality, but government clearly has no plan (to deal with the electricity crisis),” Mashaba said. The city’s plans to source electricity from Kelvin Power Station – one of only a few that are not owned by Eskom – have failed in the past.