SONA2023 ramaphosa must explain all his broken promises from previous years, he cannot repeat the same plans and declarations. Full story ➡️
Opposition parties yesterday expressed no faith in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address going far enough to address the real issues faced by South Africa. And labour and organs of civil society implored the government to subsidise the poor, insulating struggling communities against the impact of soaring electricity and food prices.
He said: “Empty promises by ANC heads of state have formed a pattern where the same plans are rehashed, tweaked a little, every year to try and fool the public. He continued: “The president must be very honest about theongoing power crisis and he must put forward government’s plans to address it in great detail.”The Democratic Alliance’s Cayla Murray called for “an update on the Vulindlela report and remote-working visas”. The Vulindlela unit was created to address obstacles or delays to ensure execution on government’s policy commitments, and reports to the president and minister of finance.
SA Federation of Trade Unions spokesperson Trevor Shaku implored Ramaphosa to alleviate the plight of the poor through electricity subsidies. Steep electricity prices and the lack of connectivity to the grid perpetuated “energy poverty for ordinary working-class households”.He said: “Saftu expects President Ramaphosa to wholly subsidise the recently announced tariff increase of 18.56%.
Electricity tariffs had grown “by over 800% since 2007, if we factor in the recent approved tariff of 18.56%, increasing energy poverty”.
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