Minister of Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has attributed the ANC's disappointing performance in the recent elections to the country's ongoing energy crisis.
But his remarks have sparked widespread criticism on social media, highlighting various public concernscurrent affairs journalist in Pretoria, South Africa, has covered local elections, policy changes, the State of the Nation Address and political news at The Citizen and Rekord Noweto for over five years.Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has attributed the ANC's disappointing performance in the recent elections to the country's ongoing energy crisis.
However, his remarks have led to South Africans mocking him on social media and highlighting a broader array of public concerns.is engaged in last-minute negotiations for a potential power-sharing agreement while preparing for a comprehensive three-day conference to dissect the election results."As a result, constituencies and communities drawing from the experiences of Komati, the most painful experience, have decided to desert this movement and go somewhere else to secure their future.
However, South Africans noted many contributing factors to the low turnout, like a lack of service delivery and not just @ALETTAHA reflected a sentiment that the energy crisis is just one of many issues contributing to the ANC's electoral struggles:@sthedoingthings criticised Ramokgopa's perceived failure to address the energy issues promptly after his appointment:
"How can you blame something you could've solved as soon as you were appointed as electricity minister @Kgosientsho_R""Who brought that energy crisis in the first place? He must blame that useless man called Cyril Ramaphosa""True. Loadshedding left a bitter taste everywhere. The ANC engineered its own election demise by failing to run Eskom properly. Pravin and Gwede should shoulder the blame also.
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