Load shedding: Confirms that SA needs to be recused from the ANC - DA
The DA's Samantha Graham-Maré says the return of load shedding on New Year’s Day serves as a confirmation that South Africans need to be rescued from the ANC-led government.
This comes after Eskom on Monday announced the return of rolling blackouts stages 2 and 3 citing the setback of three generating units (2 148MW) not coming back online as anticipated.
The announcement came less than 24 hours into the new year.
Graham-Maré says the temporary reprieve in power cuts over the festive season clearly resulted only from the downturn in economic activity over the holidays.
"The return of rolling blackouts is the ANC’s cynical New Year’s gift to South Africa.
Even though last year saw the highest levels of loadshedding in South African history, the immediate reinstatement of rolling power cuts on New Year’s Day 2024 is an omen that the power crisis may hit businesses, workers, and consumers even harder over the coming year than ever before.
"This serves as an urgent reminder to us all that 2024 must be the year when voters take away the ANC’s outright majority at the ballot box."
Decades of ANC corruption and mismanagement are the root causes of the collapse of our electricity system and the associated explosion in unemployment and hardship.
"The ANC sits at the heart of every crisis we face – from loadshedding to unemployment to the cost of living and shocking rates of violent crime. None of these problems will be solved while the ANC retains its majority in Parliament."
The only way to end loadshedding is to seize the opportunity presented by the 2024 election to replace the ANC with a new national government anchored by the DA."
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