DA leader Mmusi Maimane says he will be writing to energy minister Jeff Radebe to ask that he allocate a licence to the Western Cape to start importing liquefied natural gas to run turbine generators in the province.
Under current regulations, municipalities can buy electricity directly from IPPs if they get ministerial approval. Maimane also said the city of Cape Town remained resolute in its legal challenge to secure the right to procure energy directly from IPPs. Maimane also said every DA-run municipality in the country will explore the viability and sustainability of adopting a by-law to regulate small scale generation such as solar panels at businesses and residential homes. This would allow individuals with the capacity to generate their own energy to feed surplus into the grid and in turn credit their accounts. This by-law already existed in Cape Town and 18 other DA-run municipalities.
DA doesn't represent the whole of SA. It's all their only clan in the Cape.
Just do it! Are you asking permission?