Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says the termination of the state of disaster will not impair his work.
“The provisions exist, so you don’t need the Disaster Management Act. You're going to act within this framework, and the point that is being asked is that the removal of the state of disaster is going to undermine the agility, pace and responsiveness of procurement, the answer is an emphatic no.”
In announcing the termination, the government said the state of disaster allowed it to “enhance interventions by the national energy crisis committee in terms of the energy action plan”.enabling and accelerating private investment in generation capacity; andRamokgopa said the government would still be able to deliver these tasks despite the state of disaster ending.
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