Electricity Minister’s Kgosientsho Ramokgopa’s update on the energy action plan “is not an election conspiracy”, says energy analyst Chris Yelland.“The increased attention which has been given to the question of load shedding for the past year with an election coming made people in government start taking load shedding seriously compared to the past 10 years,” Yelland said.
Yelland stated things were now a bit more balanced in terms of the electoral support between government and the opposition parties.“The best way of holding politicians to account is when the balance of power becomes a little bit more finely balanced than they realise. They have to actually deal with the real problems or else they’re going to lose political support,” Yelland said.
“The increased attention on the government is a sign that democracy is working in South Africa and holding politicians to account, and that’s a good thing.”‘It’s not staged’ – Ramokgopa says no link between lack of load shedding and elections
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