“Eskom can continue being a producer, but we are saying allow private producers.”
DA Gauteng legislature caucus leader Solly Msimanga said the DA would like to hear the Gauteng premier announce the deregulation of additional sources of energy, and the scrapping of e-tolls, but added that tolls are likely here to stay.Economic stimuli including deregulation and securing of additional sources of energy to mitigate the affect of load-shedding are on the DA's wish list for Tuesday's state of the province address by Gauteng premier David Makhura.
“Eskom right now is making us lose jobs. Companies are closing because they say they cannot keep people who are not doing anything for eight hours because of load-shedding. However, he felt there was little hope that Makhura would announce anything groundbreaking on the long-standing e-toll impasse. “What the premier has been doing all this time is just kicking the ball around and hoping the people of Gauteng will forget and end up paying. But the people of Gauteng are very adamant we are paying enough.”
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