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President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a national state of disaster, which will take effect immediately in order to address the electricity crisis.

Ramaphosa is giving his State of the Nation Address in Cape Town, outlining the government’s plans to address the energy crisis.

He says this has already been gazetted by the Minister of Cooperative Government and Traditional Affairs.The national state of disaster gives the government additional powers to respond to a crisis, including the ability to implement emergency procurement procedures and new regulations, he explains. The President says R1.5 trillion will be invested in our economy in the next 5 years through the Just Transition period.

“We are investing in new transmission lines and transmission, especially in Eastern Cape and KZN in line with our mixed-energy. We must act to lessen the impact of the crisis on various areas that support our people’s lives.” Eskom has committed to acquiring access power from private producers, and “they have acquired approximately 300MW from neighboring countries.”

 

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The ANC is the real DISASTER. This is not a natural disaster! This is the cause of corruption in the ANC! IT SHOULD BE AN ANC DISASTER NOT A STATE OF DISASTER!

Yea and now they can steal even faster!!!!

So glad I'm gwtting outta this shit hole 👐

What do Ramaphosa mean about immediately disaster plan while we don't have electricity now?

He talked a whole lot of nothing This is just going to be a repeat of looting You Cyril you created this problem to plz you and your partys pockets you think we don't know you will pay for this you and your members that day will come

What a joke

I don't see them addressing what they call crisis. However... Whatever his reasons are... May he not put us on lock down

Cadre retirement fund top up process has begun.

Energy lockdowns

Correction,Its not a state of disaster,its a state of coruption of eskom by Anc including Ramaphosa

The whole cabinet is a state of disaster. it's like you were given a flourishing business and could not care less to run it into the ground. But you got paid every month.

We're called national jokes, look what happen last. Did look is something special people must listen or understand what's happening in our country today. It's like does having money like to seen. They really forget the poor and lack of respect to south africans.

At last

Hi really cares at this stage what Cyril ,or the rest of the so called government actually say ,It's all bullshit and just makes for conversation around social gatherings,The country is fucked ...face it

SA is a joke

Ramaphosa is a hard core criminal. ramaphosamustfall pravingordhanMustFall PhalaPhalaFarmGate phalaphalafarmgatecriminal phalaphala Eskom Glencore MarikanaMassacre Phoenix massacre

Comrades go forth and register companies the time of looting is here.

He wants to shift the Blame away from Pravin, hence why the minister of electricity

Irvin Jim where u ? 🤣😂

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