DA echoes call for privatisation of Eskom

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Article highlights:

  • During his alternative budget speech earlier, the DA’s Finance MMC Dion George says the party is opposed to offloading Eskom’s substantive debt onto the national fiscus.
  • The party says the energy sector must be opened up to independent power producers who will help keep the lights on and the economy’s wheels turning.
  • “There has been a notable lack of action taken over past 15 years to address the persistent scarcity of energy supply,” George said.