Stage 6 loadshedding costing South Africa millions a day. Image: istock
DA: ‘Stage 6 costs South Africa’s economy R900 million a day
The economy is currently experiencing significant challenges, and increasing loadshedding will only make things worse.
Stage 6 loadshedding costing South Africa millions a day. Image: istock
The economy is facing serious headwinds at the moment, and higher load shedding will only make a bad situation worse.
While Eskom did suspend planned maintenance during the winter months, Ramokgopa should explain why no forward planning was made to factor in the ramping up of maintenance during summer, according to Democratic Alliance (DA).
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The load-shedding disaster that the ANC government caused must be fixed, according to the Democratic Alliance (DA), thus, Ramokgopa must end his trip to Kenya and return to South Africa. “Taxpayers are unable to support Ramokgopa’s extravagant lifestyle and stay at five-star hotels while they are kept in the dark.”
What does DA want Ramokgopa to explain?
The Democratic Alliance want him to explain why Eskom still lacks a substantive CEO six months after the previous CEO, Andre de Ruyter, left the company.
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“As soon as he lands back in South Africa, the first order of business for Ramokgopa is to make sure that he provides clarity, together with the Minister of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan, on why Eskom still has no substantive CEO – six months after the former CEO Andre de Ruyter left the organisation,” read the statement.
Negative impact on the economy
According to the Democratic Alliance (DA), the absence of a CEO for extended periods of time compromises accountability and consequence management at the power station level.
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The ANC government must be held to account for this tardy approach to appointing a new CEO, especially when viewed against the metric that Eskom is an entity in deep operational crisis.
