President Cyril Ramaphosa has given the strongest indication yet that government is likely to declare a state of disaster on South Africa’s energy crisis.
The make-up of the new national working committee is proof ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa is firmly in charge of the ruling party following his first term. File photo.President Cyril Ramaphosa has given the strongest indication yet that government is likely to declare a state of disaster on South Africa's energy crisis.
Summarising the discussions of the past two days, Ramaphosa said there was a clear direction from the lekgotla that government has to resolve the load-shedding crisis in a much shorter time than what has been projected.“There was talk about declaration of a national state of disaster like what we did when we faced Covid-19 and there is broad agreement we should move in that direction,” he said.
He said the matter would receive urgent attention in government processes and would also be discussed thoroughly at the government lekgotla in the next few days.Ramaphosa said a national state of disaster was necessary to give the state instruments to address the challenge. The lekgotla agreed that co-ordination of the government’s response be escalated to the most senior levels and be clearly communicated.
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