12 May 2022
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has called for the State of Disaster to be declared on Eskom. It says the State of Disaster would be solution-driven when it comes to running the power utility.
The party argues that the rolling blackouts, which have cost the country billions of rand, continue to hurt the country’s economy and have contributed to the unemployment crisis.
Eskom CEO Andre De Ruyter has apologised for the rolling blackouts but South Africans continue to bear the brunt.
In a bid to end blackouts, the DA has called on the government to declare Eskom a State of Disaster and implement a cheaper energy bill.
According to the party, the bill will drive the cost of electricity down and diversify the country’s energy sources to introduce renewables.
The country has been experiencing rolling blackouts for years now and this has had a huge impact on the economy as well as the livelihoods of South Africans.
The party believes that radical measures need to be implemented to avert an energy crisis. The party has further called for the privatisation of electricity generation as they say this will allow citizens to generate power on their own.
Source Sabcnews
