The South African government has decided to revoke a national state of disaster that it declared in February to address the electricity crisis.
The state of disaster meant it could use emergency procurement procedures with fewer bureaucratic delays in a bid to end severe power cuts.
There had been concern that this would open the door to further corruption in the state-owned power company, Eskom.
It has been mired in scandals and is more than $20bn (£16bn) in debt.
The government now says it can deal with the crisis through existing legislation.
South Africa’s Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has also reversed a decision to exempt Eskom from declaring all of its expenditure.
The opposition had said the policy was an acceptance of corruption in the power sector.
