'Government must remember it serves at the behest of the people. The people are not meant to serve them,' said DA shadow minister of public works and infrastructure Samantha Graham-Maré.
DA federal council chairperson Helen Zille says ministers should the first to be load-shedded. File image.DA federal council chairperson Helen Zille has weighed in on reports that more than R2.6m was spent to keep lights on in ministers’ homes during load-sheddingreport claimed the department of public works spent R1.3m last year to install generators at ministers’ houses in 2021, and another R681,000 this year.
It said the cost of running the generators rose from R31,750 last year to more than R620,000 in the first half of 2022. Load-shedding is also not a thing at homes owned by ministers in Bryntirion Estate, Pretoria. This is because of substation with the estateTaking to social media amid the reports, Zille said ministers should be the first to experience blackouts.
While hospitals go without electricity to keep oxygen pumps running for desperately ill people. The first people to have their power cut must be ANC Ministers.
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