Ramaphosa defends state of disaster, electricity ministry: In closing the debate on his State of the Nation address, the president said the country was not abandoning coal as a major power source
on Thursday told parliament the new minister of electricity he plans to appoint will oversee every aspect of efforts to end load-shedding, without encroaching on the terrain of the ministers of energy and public enterprises.
It included: buying excess electricity from independent power producers, importing electricity from neighbouring states and scrapping licensing requirements for private electricity projects that feed into the grid. He then defended the declaration of a national state of disaster regarding the power crisis, and ridiculed the Democratic Alliance for going to court to challenge a decision it advocated months ago, including in letters to him.
“This includes some leaders in the opposition — such as the premier of the Western Cape — who as recently as last month were writing me letters and holding media briefings calling for a state of disaster to be declared. He added that the government was committed to ensuring a diversity of energy resources, including solar, wind and nuclear.
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