Stage 6 load shedding sparks political outrage

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Numerous political parties have since expressed their outrage over the move from Stage 3 to Stage 6 load shedding.

Political parties such as the Democratic Alliance (DA), uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party) and Economic Freedom Fighter (EFF) have spoken out through statements and social media posts. Here’s what they had to say.

STAGE 6 LOAD SHEDDING SPARKS POLITICAL OUTRAGE

uMkhonto WeSizwe Party (MK Party) took to X and reposted a video of Adil Nchabeleng. Nchabeleng last week raised an alarm in Parliament over the planned shutdown of three coal power stations.

“Last week at a glance: Hon. Adil Nchabeleng raises alarming capacity questions regarding the planned shut down of three coal power stations, namely: Hendrina, Camden, and Grootvlei – removing a total of 4,700MW from the grid, at the Portfolio Committee on Electricity and Energy,” the Party said in the post.

In their X account, the EFF said the implementation of Stage 6 load shedding is a testament of a “failed GNU”.

“In just a few hours, we moved from Stage 3 to Stage 6—proof of the failed GNU that cannot provide basic services. South Africans are back in the dark because of incompetence and corruption. South Africans are back in the dark because of incompetence and corruption!,” the post read.

The DA expressed that the recent power cuts are proof that the country cannot rely on Eskom.

“The over-reliance on Eskom to maintain and build new generation capacity has led to the creation of a monopoly of supply, and what is essentially a single point of failure.

“South Africa urgently needs to open its electricity supply sector. By accelerating the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme. Incentivizing the private sector to become more actively involved in addressing our electricity needs.”