Cooperative governance and traditional affairs minister, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has announced regulations on electricity crisis which was declared a national state of disaster by president Cyril Ramaphosa.
Dlamini-Zuma says as the nation is working towards eradicating this problem which has now gripped South Africa, they are working on objectives which will see energy generating entities being able to restore their capacity.
There has been much talk about the just energy transition where South Africa wants to move away from the usage of coal in generating electricity, to using clean energy
This is still a hotly contested topic, but Dlamini-Zuma said government is working on interventions they believe will provide relief to South Africans. Many people have so far lost their jobs due to increasing power cuts.
When president Cyril Ramaphosa announced that he will appoint a minister of electricity, there was much resistance from South Africans. They fear that this will be a repetition of what happened during the state of disaster were PPE corruption was rampant.
The ANC veteran, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has however assured South Africans that this electricity ministry will be highly monitored, so that no funds will be looted from the state coffers.
“The auditor general shall conduct real time audits and report on the accounts, financial statement and financial management of all emergency procurement undertaken during the national state of disaster,” Dlamini-Zuma said in the gazette.
She adds that accounting officers must take steps to ensure that anti-corruption measures are implemented during emergency procurement to avoid another looting scandals from happening
Critics reacting to this gazette by the cooperative governance and traditional affairs minister, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said this electricity crisis will not be solved for as long as Ramaphosa is still the president.
“As long as Cyril Ramaphosa is ANC president, the electricity crisis will not be solved, he is heavily invested in renewable energy.