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Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana says South Africa has a plan to improve energy provision that will end the need for any power cuts within the next 12-18 months.

“Eventually in the next 12-18 months, we will be able to say load shedding is a thing of the past. That is the target,” Godongwana, toldGodongwana said so-calledwould no longer be needed within about five months as facilities are revamped and measures such as demand management take effect.

However, asked whether state-owned power utility Eskom could expect to be allocated more cash for diesel to help reduce the level of power cuts, he said: “I don’t think Eskom has a diesel problem, I think Eskom has got a management problem.”18.65% power price rise for the financial year starting on April 1, he said: “I suspect it is going to give them sufficient resources to be able to deal with all of that stuff.”

Godongwana insisted the rand, which earlier on Monday fell against the dollar as investors worried about the power supply situation, “has proven to be resilient”, but he said South Africa needed to better communicate that it was tackling the problem.

 

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It's high time the ANC must give way to another party to take over they've fail dismally to lead the country. They are only good in fighting one another of which we are not interested who is better than the other. They must give way at once.

And so the blameshifting continues. Eskom has an ANC problem, which just means it has a corruption problem. No CEO can fix this while the ANC is in power.

Weleleh inganekwana🤣🤣🤣

Why was the plan not put in action all along

Crisis committee says 24 months Gwede says 6 months who is fooling who? Surely South Africans are the fools here

Ooooh shame to ANC .

They been having plans forever.. .all the same bullshit...

Aniyeke Amanga😢😢ngoba nandisa inzondo abanye bethu basebenza ohalf day emsebenzini abanye iphelile imsebenzi isikhathi eside kangaka nithi siphila ngani?this is a national disaster idinga ukuphuthunyisa ngampela 2 months nj and work around the clock 24/7 muningi

Lol 😂

Lies, lies and more lies!

ANC is broken and is like a guy who owes yet won't pay back his Mashonisa... Tomorrow he will point tomorrow like he pointed today yesterday, procrastinating his payment date perpetually... that is ANC4U Chickens are coming home to roost... PhalaphalaFarmGate...

When are they going to stop laying 🙄

Wash Rinse repeat...

we don’t have that much time, soh what should we do in the meantime wait? Mtshele udakiwe.

What a load of rubbish, this is what's bothering me the most. Is that the government lie to us without blinking. There is no way that loadshedding will be gone for atleast 5 year. We can fix this problem, it must be rebuild. This country is in a hole

He is lying and he knows that

Yes, off course! And I have a magic pill that will make kroes hair go straight 😂

Believe it when I see it ...

Another empty promise by a lying politician!?

Lieg bekke.

You see what they're doing here.. repeating what aunty cybil said in TWOTHOUSANDFIFTEEEN !!!!!

Statement, rinse, repeat

Is that how long it will take to complete this privatisation

They had a plan 16yrs ago even Zuma once made a statement saying loadsheding will be a thing of the past but today we are without electricity for 10hrs.

Plans aftet plans... always plans and plans.

Ja, and I have a plan to fill up my car with the hose pipe. Soon, and then I will drive for free.

We’ve heard this lie before

Enoch is talking through his slogan rear. 29 years they couldn't do it suddenly they can do so in 12 - 18 months. Gwede said 6 - 12 months. Whose fooling who. ANC and their double speak. FUSEK.

LOL really do not believe all you see on SM

Campaign promises have started 🙄

Where is the plan?

Futsek

We have heard this before 😒

Why that time seem to be around the election time? Is it another lie to get ou votes?

Whe dont want it in 12to 18 months whe want it to end NOW 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

They failed the last 13 years when it started

Here we go looby loo…

VoetsekANC2024 myanc

They've been saying that shit fir years but here we are still without electricity

🤥

Same rubbish different hole….

VoetsekANC2024 myanc

Within next elections 18 months? 😀

Is there a diagnostic report that confirms what is wrong and needs to be fixed at Eskom first. I would love to see that kind of report with speaks to costs expertise and time frames.

Makes sense as the ANC government will no longer be the ruling party!

Was he of sober mind?

By closing power stations?

Just because ANC ministers say things doesn't mean it is going to happen. They have no idea how to execute any plan they may think up.

It's also insanity that this government has know about this problem for decades and only now have managed to come up with a plan to end loadshedding? It's also very convenient that this plan is crafted just before the elections.

Not good enough it needs to be sorted now. Like tomorrow.

This won't happen. The ANC government has no solutions.

Lol

This man should live a real life.

We should have family meetings like with Covid, where citizens are addressed by the president and given progress reports.... loadshedding is a crises that must be dealt with it as a matter of urgency, enough is enough, mr president please stand up!

Best he find cash to buy lots of Diesel, otherwise this will be famous last words…

He must voetsek! They are playing games with us.

Same script, different cast.

Kanti niyadakwa, unyaka wonke ebumnyameni

is that the same plan from 2008? with a date changes

Guys 12 or 18 months that's the time of elections they thinks we are stupid enough for not seeing their strategy 😎

😂😂😂😂😂😂

Sorry guys, you don't have 12-18 months MYANC you already exceeded extra time, penalties, rematch, extensions, more extra time, substitutes... If you don't fix this now Eskom_SA we will remove the MYANC from GovernmentZA we not going to give you more time

It’s crazy that Enoch is revealing this amazing plan at Davos kodwa here in SA we know nothing about this wonderful plan to end loadshedding in 12-18months 😂🤣😅

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Where we will be during that time ?

What would the government be without this beautiful & unbiased media.remorata kaofela

But they'll be out of power by then

'kele ketla'

Same Shit Different Days _SSDD

Screw 12-18 months. We want Loadshedding gone by June this Year 2023!

Voetsek Godongwana with fruitless plans Voetsek Baba

Did you ask him the details of the so called plan?. If not just shut up ngoba you are useless as they are,

Don't they get tired of lying ? Mxm

Every time they're pressed they say plans are underway to end the rolling blackouts. They're absolutely out of their depth and can't/won't fix a single thing. They're only good at stealing and destroying things.

What is the plan!? Spell it out so we can hold you accountable! Step by step. We need to build more transmission & we need functional generators! We don’t need more managers? Eskom is over staffed already! If we only get 12 hours of power, it can get rid of half the staff!

LOADSHEDDING = HIGH TREASON

I wonder this problem has hit Africa badly after COVID-19 surge? 🥱🥱

How

Whilst GwedeMantashe1 said it will take 6-12 months to fix Eskom loadshedding. What a joke.

Counting from when ? The plan has been there since .

he is no president, an engineer nor a minister responsible and accountable for that conclusion, he may be surprised if he has a problem with the R280+bn that has gone to Eskom already since 2018 for the same purposes,

Useless grandfather

How many times have we heard this before?

That has been said and we're not stupid and naive to listen what ever says by the looters

That CEO inaugural speech revisited, and unedited. He had unprovokedly and boldly said 18 months.

That's what they said a couple of years ago but like everything they say is a load of bullshit because actions speak louder than words but the ANC's words have an overpowering effect over their actions.

How are they planning on doing that

He’s telling us what he’s been told so that THAT spin grows some flimsy legs!!

Same script different cast atleast this time it's from 12 to 18 months last time it was 18-24mnths, nywe nywe the only hope for south africa

Welele inganekwane

Rubbish

People need to relax we fixing things . 'Things ☝️

Remember it's election time in the window period he's talking about,they're already preempting troubled waters ahead because of loadshedding.

so another 2 years

Oh lies. Lies. Lies. And everywhere is lies. -Ngizwe Mchunu (2022)

But in 2019 CyrilRamaphosa said loadshedding will be gone in 18months

Athi AmaZulu weleleeeeeee inganekwana ayetsho intwenje

Is this a Joke?

plan written down somewhere?

Extension lead to Russia?

And shit will still be shit in 12 to 18 months No difference

Thanks genius

12-18 months...

I remember the outgoing CEO saying it will take him 18 as well am not sure he meant months or years

Months?

Load of shit... If only South Africans were wise enough to realize that we don't have to deal with this crooks with their lies, lets vote them out and try something new can't get worse than this

We heard about many plans in the past or these 'I have a Eskom dream' speaches, we require implementation

It is not for the first time government said something like that, I suppose they must stop telling us what they are planning to do but we don't want to experience loadshedding anymore

Please “enlighten “ us with your plan!

Same ol lies again.... but the buck stops here. No more empty useless promises

A bunch of corrupt politicians who cannot even change a light bulb are running a National Energy company for a whole country. 🤡🤡🤡 And everyone is shocked when just after 20 years it's fallen 🤪 Don't know what's worse the clowns, or the people who put them in power

Enoch Godongwana/ Cyril Ramaphosa/ ANC = Liars wef23 SAinDavos2023 WEF2023 WEF WorldEconomicForum Davos Davos2023 SouthAfrica

Balls

Plans? No actions😫

🤣🤣🤣🤣 why not from Pravin at least? Finance Minister taking energy security? We are in trouble.

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