Premier of the Western Cape, Alan Winde, wants President Ramaphosa to address the loadshedding crisis and work with city officials on the matter.
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Loadshedding continues to be a huge problem locally and across the country. Countless issues involving loss of revenue, water supply and sanitation, food production and many other day-to-day activities have been directly impacted by the situation.
“It is causing horrific damage across our economy and infringes on the fundamental rights of our citizens. The silence from the national government to its citizens and the other spheres of government that could be his allies in addressing this crisis is deafening,” said Winde.
As far as the premier is concerned the “national government since the crisis emerged, did not attempt to provide our provincial government ‘nor, as far as I am aware, other provincial governments and the local sphere of government’ with relevant, factual information on the extent of the crisis, its likely impact over the short-, medium- and long-term, or its plans to address it.”
Winde is looking to pursue an intergovernmental dispute if he does not get the president’s response by 19 January.
According to News24, the president’s spokesperson responded by saying, “The president is taking the energy crisis seriously as we have communicated numerous times, including the work that [the] National Energy Crisis Committee has been doing to date.”
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