PROVINCIAL POLITICS: ‘Vote ANC out’ – one solution to power cuts proposed in the Western Cape legislature

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While South Africans experienced Stage 5 power cuts on Thursday, political parties in the Western Cape legislature debated the impact of the energy crisis on the province.

“I call on all people in the Western Cape… save yourselves and vote the ANC out.”Cayla Murray, the Democratic Alliance spokesperson on finance, said due to the ongoing fallout over former

, it confirmed what everyone in the country already knew: “… that the ANC is a criminal organisation, and the failure of Eskom is directly linked to ANC members, at the highest level, who are using Eskom as a piggy bank.”There was heckling from both sides throughout the debate, with Speaker Daylin Mitchell having to call members to order several times.

DA member of the legislature, Derrick America, said: “Load shedding and the ANC are inextricably linked, and we should see our energy crisis for what it is… Rolling blackouts and the ANC’s flailing attempts to downplay the issue represent what can only be described as the death throes of a failed organisation.”

Al Jama-Ah representative, Galil Brinkhuis, said while the party welcomed plans by the premier to provide R1-billion to ameliorate the effects of the energy crisis, Al Jama-Ah called for transparency in the spending of municipal funds.

 

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