ANC MP Sylvia Lucas made the remarks during the debate on Tuesday to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s state of the nation address.
ANC MP Sylvia Lucas also alluded to sabotage being behind load shedding.isn’t the end of the world.” These are the words of the African National Congress MP and National Council of Provinces deputy chair Sylvia Lucas.“loadshedding is not the end of world”“Load shedding isn’t the end of the world,” she said, adding that as soon as Ramaphosa talks about load shedding, “there is sabotage”.
“We set out a clear plan to end load shedding, which we have been implementing with a single-minded focus through the National Energy Crisis Committee. Ramaphosa admitted load shedding had evoked “a lot of anger”, but said South Africans were resilient and hopeful of “a better time”.
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