Power grab: Ramaphosa looks for electricity czar, faces court action over state of disaster | News24

With his seventh State of the Nation Address dominated by South Africa's energy crisis, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that he would appoint a minister of electricity in the Presidency and that a state of disaster has been declared.

The applause from the ANC's benches as Ramaphosa concluded his address on Thursday evening hardly died out when DA leader John Steenhuisen released a statement saying that the DA intends to head to court to challenge the state of the disaster. He wasn't the only opposition leader disparaging the move, with the looting during the Covid-19 state of disaster fresh in the memory. That the public was yearning for a ray of light amid the darkness of high levels of load shedding clearly wasn't lost on Ramaphosa.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.

gerbjan Really hilarious. 7 years of nothing except loading the tax payers with additional people to bleed the fiscus

gerbjan Dangerous event. This gives the wrong people executive power. Expect election manipulation

gerbjan The anc iz a state of disaster. The anc must voetsek

gerbjan Wtf is a minister gonna do? Just another huge salary and benefits for someone who wont make a difference. Money that they couldve used for eskom itself

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gerbjan Next it's gonna be ministers of fuel, potholes,schools, crime,mines,province even minister of political parties and minister of president. Then you wonder what all the current ministers are doing including the deputies

gerbjan Pinnochio at his finest

gerbjan Who will this minister be, will he be qualified in energy,

gerbjan What is worse than absolutely useless?

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gerbjan start governmentsalaryshedding to help the whole country coz the majority of us a battling just to put food on the table and just survive and they just do not care for any of us, just about how much they can put in their pockets, let see how fast things change then

gerbjan When ANC says theyll apoint new leader to control any problems we have in certain situations do they mean ONLY ANC must rule everything 2. Does that mean CORRUPTION should continue? Because the entire ANC is rotten.

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gerbjan So instead of replacing the incompetent ministers - you add another? Another oversight role that will achieve absolutely nothing. It is just an indictment and confirmation of your failures.

gerbjan Why not just a separate Minister of energy,one who is enlightened and with 21st century thinking and foresight.

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gerbjan We can only hope that the Minister of Electricity has the 'spark' instead of being a dud.

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What Will Ramaphosa Say at South African State of Nation Address?President Cyril Ramaphosa has a tough task ahead as many South Africans are disillusioned with the current State of the Nation. Load shedding would more than likely be on top of the list - an energy crisis that has disrupted the lives of all South Africans and has seen a slow-down or closure of businesses. Ramaphosa is being seen as incapable of dealing with the crisis. New leaders were also voted in at the ANC conference in December 2022 - including the election of Paul Mashatile who will replace former vice president David Mabuza. There are also other vacancies in the executive of the ruling party but, according to reports, the president did not want a Cabinet reshuffle to overshadow SONA. Ramaphosa's presidency has been mired in controversy after the scandal that broke around his Phala Phala game farm when an undeclared, estimated U.S.$4 million was stolen from his farm and went unreported for two years. This shook the country and had him teetering on the brink of resigning. For now, a clear plan of action is needed on the electricity crisis to rescue the economy.  Questions around the literacy levels of children have also been raised after the 2030 Reading Panel, chaired by Dr Pumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, found that 78% of children in Grade 4 cannot read for meaning, and that many will not reach Grade 12 if this continues. The panel will meet every year until 2030 - to review and engage with government on progress made in this critical area of education. Given the status and authority of its members, the panel's reports and recommendations are likely to be taken seriously by parliament, the presidency and the Department of Basic Education, Mlambo-Ngcuka said.
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