John Steenhuisen has called on people to join the Democratic Alliance on 25 January to march to the ANC headquarters at Luthuli House in Johannesburg and protest against the “ANC-engineered electricity crisis.”
All Ramaphosa is going to do is make more excuses and false "Ramapromises" as he did below. It's time for rolling mass protest action across the length and breadth of the country. The citizens of RSA need to show this government that enough is enough. pic.twitter.com/nD3qXTrSNV
— John Steenhuisen MP (@jsteenhuisen) January 15, 2023
Also read: Loadshedding escalated to stage 6 every night until further notice
“[We] will specifically target Luthuli House, because this is the scene of the crime that the ANC continues to perpetrate against the people of South Africa through permanent stage 6 load shedding and the latest 18.65% electricity tariff increase. It is at Luthuli House where, over the past three decades, the decisions were made to ‘deploy’ the corrupt and incompetent cadres who plundered and destroyed Eskom,” Steenhuisen said.
He continued, “It is at Luthuli House that corrupt tenders were handed out, including for the ill-fated construction of the Medupi and Kusile power stations that have cost our country so dearly.”
#NationalShutdown is trending on Twitter:
The first of what could be many “shutdown” strikes has started in Kroonstad, Free State, as indicated in a series of videos and pictures of protestors shared on the platform. The caption states that the shutdown will happen until 9 February and includes the trending hashtag.
Zibu Masotobe Sibiya, whose bio reads, “Founder MMC SA, CEO Zoluhle Group, Business Consultant & Coach, Mandela Washington Fellow. Lover of Africa and Future President of South Africa” published the following on Facebook, which has since been reshared abundantly by #NationalShutdown tweeps as well:
Meanwhile, President Rhamaposa has cancelled his trip to the World Economic Forum held in Davos, Switzerland, due to the worsening energy crisis. On Sunday, presidential spokesperson Vincent Magwenya announced the cancellation on Twitter.
The announcement reads:
“Due to the ongoing energy crisis, President Cyril Ramaphosa has cancelled his working visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos. Currently, the President is convening a meeting with leaders of political parties represented in parliament, National Energy Crisis Committee (NECCOM), and the Eskom board.”
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