Ramaphosa cracks the whip, calls for action and urgency in dealing with Eskom crisis - President says the party needs to get into election mode ahead of 2024 poll
Ramaphosa also cracked the whip, telling the party’s top 80 leaders that they would have to accept renewal as being “irreversible”, toe the party line and speak with one voice on key issues because the campaign for the 2024 poll had already begun.
He said the lekgotla needed to track the implementation of decisions taken by previous gatherings and to identify priority areas for action during 2023. “Should we attempt to address everything with the same urgency and at the same time, we are likely to fail to address anything in any meaningful way. We must therefore prioritise and make choices about the pace and scale with which we will address such challenges,” Ramaphosa said.
“Although no party has had an official launch, we observe that the campaigns for the 2024 elections are well underway. We need to get into election mode without delay,” he said. Turning to the energy crisis, Ramaphosa said the government had signed agreements with independent power producers for 26 renewable energy projects, which together will generate around 2 800 megawatts.negotiations were underway to secure a potential 1 000 MW from neighbouring countries.with existing generation capacity while red tape had been cut and regulatory processes refined to reduce the turnaround time for new projects and grid connection approvals.
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