Ramokgopa also threw shade at former DA leader John Steenhuisen.
‘We all know his inherent limitations’- Ramokgopa shades Steenhuisen’s load shedding ‘knowledge’ in war of wordsMinister of Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa. Photo: Gallo Images/Frennie Shivambuarticle, Steenhuisen said the power utility was burning more diesel than it had budgeted on its open-cycle gas turbines to give the illusion of a more stable grid and to keep load shedding at bay.
“I sympathise with some of the political actors, some of the statements they make, some of their writings. I appreciate that they have no knowledge, or limited knowledge, about the performance of this complex engineering system. “The leader of the opposition has written a paper and his knowledge about complex engineering is legendary. We all know his inherent limitations,” said Ramokgopa.He claimed the latest power supply reprieve has “removed” it from his opponent’s political arsenal.
“They are exposed. Therefore, they resort to unsubstantiated theories, like we have seen someone pen something that can only be described as preposterous and not anchored in facts.”Ramokgopa said he would never put pressure on Eskom to keep the lights on for political reasons.“I can assure the SA public that the Eskom board will not do things that are politically short-sighted and will damage the South African grid. They would not do that.
“Myself, as minister, I would never pick up the phone and tell them to keep the lights on at all costs.”“They don’t say ‘we are done with load shedding’, only ‘load shedding remains suspended’. They are doing what they did during the World Cup. They are holding it there to the detriment of the grid.“I can tell you that on 29 May, after voting has ended we will go to Stage 6,” he said last week.
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