President Cyril Ramaphosa said the power grid would collapse if the government implemented the recent high court judgment which orders government to exempt healthcare facilities from load shedding.
He also denied that the government was not doing enough to end the electricity crisis.
Ramaphosa told the National Assembly on Thursday that investments to increase the country’s generation capacity were taking shape and should provide some relief.
He also said Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa had his work cut out for him as he tried to resolve the crisis.
Ramaphosa was responding to questions for oral reply in Parliament on the energy crisis.
“And it’s not being done in an arrogant way, in a way where we’re trying to second guess the court. It is actually being done to ensure we save the grid because otherwise it would collapse, if we were to implement that judgment in full.”
He added that locating the electricity ministry in the presidency would not diminish his accountability to Parliament, and that Parliament should come up with its own mechanisms.
-EWN
In other news – Actor Gabriel Temudzani (Chief Azwindini) speaks out after leaving Muvhango
South African actor Gabriel Temudzani, who bid farewell to Muvhango on Monday, 8 May says leaving the soapie was an emotional roller coaster.
The popular Muvhango actor Gabriel Temudzani, who played Azwinidini Mukwevho for more than two decades tells a local publication that he’s ready to apply himself in other spaces. “It’s an emotional roller coaster. Muvhango has been my home for a long time and unfortunately, we are here. Learn More