Some opposition parties welcome improved lower stages of load shedding.
Minister of Electricity Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has denied accusations that government is moving swiftly to resolve load shedding as a result of the looming 2024 general elections. Ramokgopa was delivering a statement in the National Assembly on the progress in implementing the National Energy Action Plan and long and short-term goals to end load shedding. Some opposition parties welcomed the improved lower stages of load shedding but are not convinced the energy crisis is over.
While opposition parties have welcomed the report on the state of the power grid, they want the electricity minister to have more powers and accountability. “I would really implore on you to implore on the president maybe we can assist you here, he needs to give you a better deal than just making you a public spokesperson whose got no powers and functions to the extent to which is required for the predicament at hand,” says IFP MP Mkhuleko Hlengwa.
“So, we have a grid that is potentially 18 000 megawatts at risk and off course this will impact lives, livelihoods, education, health and safety and our already fragile economy. At the end of the day minister, we have capacity creation problem and transmission capacity problem,” says GOOD Party MP Brett Herron.
“It is a height of folly to suggest that there is a relationship between the speed, we want to resolve load shedding and the electoral prospects. What we are trying to do is to protect the South African economy and we know that the manifestation of that is the fiscal headspace. So, we are running out of the fiscal runway. The Minister of Finance has to do some degree of prioritization to ensure we remain within the fiscal envelope,” says Ramokgopa.
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