Eskom to haunt new Parly, as DA calls for debate on its ‘financial crisis’
It seems the ghost of the fifth Parliament will return to haunt the new Parliament, as the DA intends to write to the new speaker to have Eskom’s “financial crisis” debated by the National Assembly.
The DA’s Natasha Mazzone on Sunday issued a statement indicating that the party wants the sixth Parliament to continue the work of the previous Parliament in addressing challenges at Eskom. Mazzone said that Eskom’s financial burden is being carried by taxpayers, who ultimately will have to foot the bill of the power utility.
“The South African taxpayer, already burdened with rising electricity costs and flatlining economy, cannot be expected to keep pouring billions of rands into the Eskom blackhole, even as evidence continues to mount on the entity’s terminal decline,” Mazzone said.
“The 6th Parliament has an obligation to ensure that it works to resolve the challenges that have kept Eskom in the red and threatened to send the country on financial ruin,” she added.
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