City of Joburg to blame for power cut
"They are quick to attack Eskom as a failing entity, but they forget under whose administration this entity has failed," said Clr Vasco Da Gama.
AS power is cut to residents in Soweto, the ANC is trying to take the high road in attacking Eskom, and even speaks about sabotage.
However, when industrial hubs such as Kya Sands have outages that cost millions in revenue there is not a word.
They are quick to attack Eskom as a failing entity, but they forget very conveniently under whose administration this once thriving state-owned entity has failed.
Now they conveniently call for Eskom to hand over the service delivery to City Power, something which should have happened years ago. They tried to and failed to introduce the Reds system of regionalized energy delivery permits that would have ensured that Eskom became a supplier of bulk electricity to distributors such as City Power.
For years the DA has called for all areas within the Johannesburg Municipality to fall under City Power, but these calls were always ignored by the ANC, until now that is.
It is not surprising, though, that the ANC now, after all these years of service delivery failures, is trying so hard to become the knight in shining armour.
They have suddenly had to wake up to the reality of the DA breathing down their neck.
People are tired of empty promises and want what they deserve. They want sustainable service delivery and have seen that it is possible in other cities in South Africa, so the question is: Why not in Johannesburg?
DA City of Johannesburg Caucus Leader, Clr Vasco Da Gama
