Has President Cyril Ramaphosa lost his mind asking Eskom not to implement the increase approved by the Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa)? Or was he simply trying to score political points at an ANC gathering to get people to cheer for him?💡
Not In my Name Movement and other Civil groups picket outside National Regulator of South Africa in Pretoria for high electricity tarrifs and high level Power Cuts . Picture: Nigel Sibanda
“I have personally said to Eskom: ‘Eskom, it will be an injury to our people if we implement this 18% now when we are going through load shedding. Put it in suspense for a while’. And so the Eskom board is going to discuss that,” he said. This comment from the president comes after he said on 12 January, when Nersa announced the latest increase, that he could not interfere in a statutory process, while his spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya, said Ramaphosa’s hands “were tied” when it came to asking South Africans to pay even more for the scarce commodity.
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