The SACP’s youth wing says the country’s energy crisis and Eskom’s problems are “man-made”, and fingers must be pointed at renewable energy advocates.
This is according to Young Communist League national secretary Tinyiko Ntini, who delivered its message at the SACP congress in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng.
Part of the problem, according to Ntini, is that Eskom is misplaced under the department of public enterprises. If logic reigned Eskom should be placed under the department of energy and mineral resources led by former SACP national chairperson Gwede Mantashe, he said. The young reds support Mantashe’s “just transition”, with coal-fired energy as the main baseload, rather than the radical shift to renewable energy being advocated by some.
Mantashe has been under siege from some quarters, including renewable energy lobby groups and the DA, for his stance, but the YCL believes he is on the right track. “We see the load-shedding that has become a blackout and it is our belief that what is happening with the power utility is man-made,” Ntini said.
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