Blackouts stalling economic growth — ANC - We can’t continue this way, say ministers at discussion on energy
The dialogue was led by Kubayi, the head of the economic transformation sub-committee, and ANC national chairperson“Being a former minister of tourism, for example, I would know that events companies, people who are in the hospitality sector, are battling,” Kubayi said. “They have seen themselves navigate Covid and survive, now they are faced with the challenge of load-shedding.”
Women bear the brunt of the rolling blackouts, she added. “If you are a single working-class mother, you come home at 5pm, and arrive to load-shedding at 6pm, when you are supposed to prepare dinner for the children and help them with schoolwork … “Can renewables on their own resolve the load-shedding crisis? I don’t want to express a view,” he said, adding that he has “very strong views on this matter”.
“You can imagine that, if you’ve got a plan that is going to change in less than that duration, that on its own is going to create policy uncertainty,” he said. “When you do long-term planning, the plan must be robust enough to be adapted for the changing conditions.”
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