Cyril Ramaphosa | Increasing electricity costs now will add to woes of South Africans | News24

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We must ensure that Eskom has the resources it needs to resolve the electricity crisis but at the same time protect South Africans from the effects of higher prices. There is no simple answer to this problem, writes CyrilRamaphosa in his weekly newsletter

Cyril RamaphosaWe must ensure that Eskom has the resources it needs to resolve the electricity crisis but at the same time protect South Africans from the effects of higher prices. There is no simple answer to this problem, writesThe recent announcement of an increase in electricity tariffs comes at an extremely difficult time for citizens and businesses alike, who are already contending with the high costs of fuel, food and other essentials.

Yet, there is little doubt that increasing the price of electricity now, at this challenging time, will add to the difficulties South Africans are facing. Rising food and energy prices are fuelling a cost-of-living crisis worldwide, and the poor are being hardest hit. We remain absolutely committed to this policy. Other programmes to expand the social wage include the provision of free primary healthcare, exempting learners from poor families from paying school fees, a school nutrition programme that supports more than nine million learners countrywide and the provision of free tertiary education for students from poor families. The zero-rating of basic food products for VAT helps to decrease their cost for the poor.

 

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CyrilRamaphosa What has CyrilRamaphosa been doing since 2015 when he said loadsheddjng would be a thing of the past? Fokol

CyrilRamaphosa ag tog. It is simple. Free market. Won't cost us a thing. Open up the grid to private companies.

CyrilRamaphosa There is plenty of money - just look at how much they take in transfer duties every year. Try not to steal it all is the solution.

chrisyelland CyrilRamaphosa The resources it needs, is a new government. Simple solution.

CyrilRamaphosa Yes there is a simple answer, stop RACIST BBBEE strategy in Eskom and employ serious qualified people.

CyrilRamaphosa Yes there is….. return ALL THE MONEY STOLEN …. Assets that were purchased by ministers are to be seized and sold to recoup the money stolen…. And then jail time…. All that money stolen could fix eskom

CyrilRamaphosa As long as the vacillating president is surrounded with sloths like GwedeMantashe1 the only solution is their removal from office!

CyrilRamaphosa THE ANSWER IS IN THE A.N.C MANIFESTO ....READ IT MR .PRESIDENT .....OR ASK J.M ....HE WAS PART OF THE MOVEMENT AT THAT TIME.....

CyrilRamaphosa Does CyrilRamaphosa understand that the 'we' is the MYANC?

CyrilRamaphosa Hire reliable staff, and award tenders on strict basis. You bleeding money and you don't even see it

CyrilRamaphosa Really Pinnochio? What blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

CyrilRamaphosa Aggressively go after the thieves who've stolen from this country & brought it to its knees. Confiscate the houses vehicles, clothes & furniture etc bought with their ill-gotten gains. Sell it all & use that money to fix things

CyrilRamaphosa This is not how a business ran, only after the fact does Ramaphosa say we need resources to solve the problem. Has a root cause analysis been done? It doesn't seem like it, his comments are so vague and contradicting.

CyrilRamaphosa Is it possible that our country can not afford extra 3 big power station? I mean it was easy for the European man made outbreaks, hi they R500 Billion available for that , is the problem we facing not critical as Covid19

CyrilRamaphosa BUT FIRST we need to make sure that we as the ruling party will score big enough......this delay is just a pre-empt to more corruption and looting. Probably fighting amongst themselves in who gets the biggest cut.

CyrilRamaphosa HOPELESS PRESIDENT

CyrilRamaphosa There is no simple answer for the ANC! South Africans have a simple answer! Remove the ANC and their corrupt cadres! Prosecute these corrupt cadres! But this is not part of the ANC's corrupt policies!

CyrilRamaphosa There is a simple answer: Stop the stealing (Cadre deployed) chase the parasites (Cadre deployed) away and apoint quality skilled people.

CyrilRamaphosa Well its one of his departments he needs to sort out Eskom and get rid of all the criminality within the utility.

CyrilRamaphosa Maybe throwing enormous resources into the abyss again will not result in different outcomes? Time to break Eskom up and reallocate energy supply to regional authorities? Let local communities decide their own futures.

CyrilRamaphosa 'We'? You've completely annihilated it over decades, now 'we' must ensure they have the resources to fix it? Make it make sense!

CyrilRamaphosa You are the root cause 2015 till now 2023 what did or have u done?

CyrilRamaphosa There is. Hammer the corrupt, whether they are selling stones instead of coal, sabotaging boilers, inflating tenders, stealing cable or making illegal connections. It's very simple.

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