'Existing portfolio committees were empowered to deal with the issues at Eskom.'
“According to the rules and procedures of the National Assembly, relevant committees, including ad hoc committees, could convene to discuss matters and potentially report if needed. This did not require the National Assembly to meet first,” she added.
DA chief whip John Steenhuisen wrote to Mbete on Friday, just two days after the National Assembly ended its work to allow MPs to focus on election campaigns. In the letter, Steenhuisen explained that he was making the call for parliament to remain in session “in light of Eskom entering Stage 4 load-shedding which has already cost the South African economy an estimated R12 billion in three days and is placing an extensive burden on the economy”.
He proposed that the ad hoc committee be made up of MPs from the National Assembly's portfolio committees on energy, public enterprises and trade and industry. The purpose of this ad hoc committee would be to urgently inquire into the circumstances surrounding the potentially imminent threat of the collapse of the national energy grid; invite experts and industry stakeholders for input; summons the relevant officials and ministers to account for the current crisis and provide evidence for actions previously taken to prevent the current situation; deliberate and resolve to implement solutions to prevent the potentially imminent collapse of the national...
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