What caused South Africa's energy crisis?

What caused South Africa's energy crisis? | Inside Story

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South Africa has been experiencing one of the worst energy crisis in the region, in years.
It's affecting millions of people across the country.
The nation's ageing coal-powered electrical stations are not coping with demand.
And it's leading to daily blackouts that can sometimes last for hours.
Opposition politicians and demonstrators have blamed the governing ANC party.
President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a state of disaster on Friday
But is this move enough?
Presenter: Mohammed Jajmjoom
Guests:
Kenneth Creamer, economic advisor to the ANC Economic Transformation Committee,
Ongama Mtimka, Lecturer at the Nelson Mandela University.
Chris Yelland, Energy Analyst.
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@jobesithole5590 Рік тому

The governing criminal ANC mafia has got us to this position. I don't understand why journalists keep skirting the issue that's staring us all in our faces. It's time South Africans took a stand and kicked out these criminal thugs out of power in 2024.

@billjames1216 Рік тому

Be very careful south Africa because the world elites will never want anything to change in south Africa

@yohighness Рік тому

And replace them with what?

@yohighness Рік тому

@@bricktopp9976 True, comrade.

@MikeStuart20 Рік тому

DA💙💙

@mrrhsmit Рік тому

@@yohighness The official opposition - DA. We may end up with a coalition government - if you don't vote DA, vote for a party that can work well with others.

@terrymullins9772 Рік тому

30yrs of freedom to do Nothing, utterly clueless failed state .

@elana137 Рік тому

The ANC caused the problem. The country has been in decline since Thabo mbeki was president.

@logical5780 Рік тому

What are you going to do about it?

@stonedassassin187 Рік тому

@@logical5780 Enjoy starving for the ANC boy boy

@penelopewilson5018 Рік тому

Since Mandela, he put the important issue in the pending file!!!

@roylyle8222 Рік тому

Just think about how Jacob Zuma facilitated his Indian friends the Gupta Brothers to rob Eskom and other SOE's blind. The ANC are criminals to the core.

@varshamitha5403 Рік тому

@@logical5780 ... the question is what are all south Africans going to do about it. The responsibility does not lie on one person, but on all of us. This is OUR COUNTRY after all.

@Tontelz Рік тому

In 1998, the White Paper on Energy Policy warned that Eskom's power reserves would run out by 2007 if the government did not make the necessary investments. But, the government decided in 2001 not to invest in infrastructure.

@MuantanamoMobile Рік тому

They were arm twisted by us in the West to choose "Green" technology energy transition rather than maintaining or expanding on existing energy sources. Given that Coal is the largest energy source they faced a lot of pressure from the EU and US.

@ObelixBarbatus Рік тому

And, where it did, the corrupt were allocated tenders and the stagnation became deeper. Plus, we have a president that is witless.

@ohlangeni Рік тому

@@MuantanamoMobile True. There was Pebble-Bed Nuclear reactor that was scheduled for construction by Mbeki Gocernment. The West pressured SA to abandoned it. The West also pressured SA to stop Shale gas fracting in the Karoo, as well as Oil & Gas exploration off-shore. When coal plants Ingula, Kusile, Medupi was under construction; Western Intelligence services sabottaged it to cause de-industrialisation and given initiative to Australia in mining investment. South Africa need to de-couple from the West. When President Zuma tried to do so; war was declared on him by the Spy agencies (Mi6 and former Apartheid intelligence machine), the Media and Judiciary. The result is the puppet, ineffectual, compromised President Ramaphosa who was a spy for the Apartheid government during the 1980s.

@yoojungisabouttobeyourbias6444 Рік тому

@@MuantanamoMobile Eskom was banned from building new coal power station in 1998 because they wanted IPPs to join to create more competition in the energy sector but eskom prices were the cheapest in the world so IPPs couldn't compete. They realized that IPPs were not joining like they planned in 2004 were the lifted the ban but it was too late. Plus considering between 1998- 2004 millions of people were being connected to the grid, increasing demend but without additional supply. Actually Eskom told the government multiply times that they will run of electricity in 2007 even the White paper on energy ploicy said the something.

@lynncw9202 11 місяців тому

@@MuantanamoMobile no. They don't have a clue what ' green' means. All they know is ' Black' in more ways than one!!

@varshamitha5403 Рік тому

Simple answer, corruption led SA to this. Going from being a world class energy provider in 2001 (SA was awarded for being the cheapest and most efficient energy provider globally) in such a short time is mind boggling. Then again they have destroyed all infastructure since taking over. Not much left I'm afraid.

@christinevandermerwe5660 Рік тому

Nothing left!!!! Whatever they touch turns into mud!!!!

@brucethackwell6686 Рік тому

Mismanagement by the corrupt ANC

@murrayhean2538 Рік тому

Stupidity!!! That's what's caused 90% of the destruction of S.A.'s infrastructure, and you know what? YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID!!

@bosaap Рік тому

We don't have a electricity crisis, we have a governing crisis.

@SinceritySeed 7 місяців тому

We don't have a governing crisis, we have a voter crisis - it's the voters fault the government is in power and then black man wonders why he lives in darkness - it is his choice

@user-ww5qw8jd3b 7 місяців тому

Black people cannot govern, it is a fact

@carolinejeanallin5623 7 місяців тому

The anc are the crisis that have caused the energy crisis, bring in as many private means as possible with solar and wind

@kdawggg2413 Рік тому

This is what happens when you let problems grow for over decade without action.

@matthewwiltshire1179 Рік тому

It's not the worst in years, it's the worst ever. Period.

@jacobfinder7476 Рік тому

This problem has been going on for years!!! I lived in South Africa from 2017-2020. Load Shedding was a common occurrence. All of South Africa's infrastructure is old and falling apart. Water, roads, Internet, everything. Ramaphosa is the problem along with the complete corruption of the ANC. A country that has so much potential and should be a leader on the African Continent is the opposite. One of the worst. Recently added to the "Grey List" of countries right there with Nigeria and Burkina Faso. Very sad...

@monama11 Рік тому

these guys spent 30 years creating a disaster; now they declare a state of disaster (SoD) to deal with their own state of disaster?😅🤣😅

@nicoveldsman1592 Рік тому

Correct.There is no medicine for Stupidity.

@glenp3985 Рік тому

Corruption and ineptitude is the real problem. What a lot of people don't know is that South African coal is actually mostly poor quality. The good quality coal has been silently SOLD (for government profit, of course) and shipped off to Maputo. While the South Africans have no power and not water, Mozambique is enjoying the quality coal that gives it the power it needs. The whole thing stinks, not least the university entry level requirements, which are so low that it takes most students now at least 3 years just to complete the first year of a B.A.

@willemmcalpine9040 Рік тому

No measure can stop corrupt anc comrades remember this bbeee

@gp2862 Рік тому

Only solution is to vote ANC out of power in 2024. Electricity is only one of the dire problems mentioned in this video. Every single SOE has been hollowed out and the state of disaster is just another vehicle for the ANC to steal money.

@Minamu6969 Рік тому

True let's get the guys out and see what the guys can do better

@robervine7721 Рік тому

The cANCer in SA is so widespread I fail to see how a state of emergency will make things better! I pray for the day when we stand together in the face of this tyranny! 🙏

@hendrikdevos551 Рік тому

We need to vote out the cANCer.

@jasont822 Рік тому

To answer what caused the crisis would mean some good old time consuming investigative journalism, what was the state of the country 30 years ago and what is the state of the country today day. Uncontrollable truths are difficult to hear and deal with especially when its politically incorrect with fear of being labelled and cancelled.

@larrylazza3157 Рік тому

The answer to what caused this crisis is a corrupt government that has no idea how to run a country. It is the ancs fault . Stealing money and not maintaining the infrastructure.

@JanBruunAndersen Рік тому

#20:06 - a ministry of electricity? That means a minister with a big salary and perks, a 1st secretary, a 2nd secretary, a speechwriter, a political advisor, a chauffeur and at least 2 ministerial luxury cars. How is that going to help South Africa? Well, I guess it will help on the employment situation with all those new, tax-payer funded jobs.

@yohighness Рік тому

It will help by creating new jobs for the unemployed relatives of the ruling thugs, I guess. 😂

@veronikalynn5084 Рік тому

Governments around the world have grown so unbelievably bloated and superficial. I really think it’s the sign of a collapsing system. Titles and positions made up out of thin air because more and more money must be made. The corporatized and revolving web ever expanding. No way to justify why you earn $500,000 annually? No worries, we just opened up a spot for General counsel deputy assistant to the board of the committee of agency commission 🤑

@brucethackwell6686 Рік тому

Solar and wind cant replace base energy grow up

@Locuste Рік тому

Corruption it is only 1 word but we all paid because of it!

@Mm1twiggy Рік тому

The ANC stooge is an embarrassment 😢

@mansoormannix1753 Рік тому

Africa who cursed us? We failed in everything.

@jacobfinder7476 Рік тому

Self En-flicked

@Aeon1019 11 місяців тому

The ONE who created us, for always striving to be like OUR ENEMIES! 😶

@jonye7511 11 місяців тому

You curse yourselves every time your believe everything that comes out of your leaders' mouths and you live in the past instead of doing your own research.

@smokeycook3191 Рік тому

Private business is always a better option than depending on the government.

@strysmostert7588 Рік тому

ANC are responsible for this crises. How are they gonna resolve themselves?

@tomsawyer4321 Рік тому

BTW one of the people who stole funds during covid was the government health minister, odd the anc apologist didn't mention that.

@darylmarshall2351 Рік тому

This is so so sad. ANC still just talking and make promises. But no action.

@mabo3506 Рік тому

We in SA need to forget about our racial identities and focus on our SA identities and WORK TOGETHER for the common good to sort out our many problems. The enemy we need to ostracize is corruption in anyone who does not do his job correctly and honestly. He needs to be held accountable no matter who he is by the same standards as the ordinary person and he needs to be replaced with A BETTER MORE COMPETENT AND HONEST PERSON.

@logical5780 Рік тому

That will require a complete Government change.

@mauricesavel5110 Рік тому

Best reasonable comment I have read thus far. Focus on the solution to our problem for the good of the country and ALL the people.

@nativebritannicislander7150 Рік тому

@@mauricesavel5110 Bullshit, if you are going to effectively solve a problem you MUST know what caused it.

@jacobfinder7476 Рік тому

I agree!!!! Most of the white population still believes that Apartheid is the best..

@Minamu6969 Рік тому

True we need to unite and clean out the public office. These goons greed is destroying our country

@mansoormannix1753 Рік тому

We Africans should have left foreigners continue running our government with the agreement that every citizens should be treated equal and given same opportunity in every sphere of life. Today we wouldn't be here languishing in poverty. Our African leaders are mess up, gangs of thieves, looters with no consciousness or any remorse. South Africa get it independence with very stable economy, well developed but after independence the Country started losing it glories and today South Africa is just another unsafe country to live in. Will Africa ever do the right thing? Will we ever get ourselves as a continent out of self destruction by collectively bringing our leaders in account? No. Remember what happened when Zuma was detained for court contempt, the Country goes on rampage in the name of protest.

@Mailmartinviljoen Рік тому

Foreigners?

@mansoormannix1753 Рік тому

@@Mailmartinviljoen yes, those who colonize Africa were not the native? They were foreigners who invaded the continent somewhere in 17 and 18 century.

@mansoormannix1753 Рік тому

@@russellfeldman8819 I was referring to the entire continent not just South Africa. The entire continent shared the same philosophy which affect its prosperity, that is grand corruption, nepotism and impunity by our leaders and other public institutions.

@Tontelz Рік тому

If you think it's better for foreigners to run this country you shouldn't even be commenting.

@NoBody-nc1er Рік тому

Voting for the ANC it will let you wake up next to the street with no house and no food that is what the ANC want for the people of South Africa well dun ANC for braiking south Africa 👍

@Can_It_Stick Рік тому

Ministers hardly see any Loadshedding. That's why they don't care. Do any of you think that #1 is experience any loadshedding?

@reubentrotter4432 Рік тому

A disaster caused by the ANC and their appointees. They should step aside as they have messed up everything they have touched.

@rynopalm3638 Рік тому

If you bought a car 30 years, used money to service it yearly to go on holiday every year what would the end result be?

@christinefinniss6263 Рік тому

The President’s leadership? Good grief😮 Where ?

@Re_RAM Рік тому

Kenneth Creamer should tell us why previous plans to end the energy crisis, including the one from last year that he mentioned, have failed and why this time will be different. Instead of focusing on corruption, which is reactive, South Africa needs to focus on ensuring plans are implemented properly and effectively, which is proactive.

@seandelarosa1107 Рік тому

Well said!

@voxromantic3340 Рік тому

To get stolen again?

@Re_RAM Рік тому

@@voxromantic3340 Not if implementation includes protecting against theft.

@kevinwhistler6154 Рік тому

The anc? Never mind being proactive, they are not even reactive. Thats why SA sits in the position it now finds it, and getting worse by the day

@rynopalm3638 Рік тому

Eskom wanted to charge a levy to everyone that has solar, it’s all about money. Government used Eskom to generate a huge income and refused to invest and maintain grid. Eskom is generating 300% less power than 30 years ago they are employing 300% more staff. The government bee laws made sure all the competent workers at Eskom left and replaced them with a work force that has no idea how to do the job. The board-members has no technical experience to run it. The minister of energy and resources did nothing re the problem since the first load-shedding started in 2008. Now they want to employ a minister of electricity to sort out what. All State Owned Enterprises including Eskom is bankrupt because corruption and incompetent workforce. Either privatise or change the ruling party.

@alxk310 Рік тому

He's phone ran flat cos no electricity This is serious

@thaboanthony7824 Рік тому

Create a problem and then sell the solution

@nathanliepner689 7 місяців тому

Vote wisely my fellow South Africans 🇿🇦

@deanoclothier8426 Рік тому

"Oversight by the Auditor General"? The same office has been reporting a "state of disaster" for a very long time! So please!

@KillingItForYears Рік тому

Once they changed the name from Port Elizabeth to Gqeberha, you know it has gone to 💩

@nelo1961 Рік тому

South Africa became banana republic 😀😀, It turned the same as Zimbabwe 🇿🇼, Angola 🇦🇴, DRC and many more African countries 🤔

@brendanroberts4866 Рік тому

You cant say that its racist, the cause is slavery, western capitalism and general exploitation.

@nelo1961 Рік тому

@@brendanroberts4866 don't hide behind the color & fill sorry for yourself, that's what most of us do, and that's why most African countries don't go forward, stand up and build your country 💪, don't wait for the white man to come and buid it for you, just have alook most of Africa countries are in KO's. High rate of poverty & sickness, high rate of crime & corruption, cities are destroyed/vandalized, high rate of unemployment & bad management, high rate of house breaking & gun point highjack, high rate of drugs at schools, streets & most of places, gangsters took over, no law and order, and the list cares on 🤔

@nelo1961 Рік тому

@@bricktopp9976 don't hide behind apartheid/old regime & fill sorry for yourself, that's what most of us do, and that's why most African countries don't go forward, Apartheid/old regime its gone long ago, what did you done for your country noughting, till today you still hiding behind old regime, stand up and build your country 💪, don't wait for the white man to come and buid it for you, just have alook most of Africa countries are in KO's. High rate of poverty & sickness, high rate of crime & corruption, cities are destroyed/vandalized, high rate of unemployment & bad management, high rate of house breaking & gun point highjack, high rate of drugs at schools, streets & most of places, gangsters took over, no law and order, and the list cares on 🤔, Youself created all the above but till today you still blaming others, for + - 30 years what did you done, you stupid🙄

@jonye7511 11 місяців тому

Because they stupidly adopted the socialist policies of the USSR and rejected everything associated with capitalism and the Western coloniser. The incompetent and corrupt leaders destroyed their economics. Who oggers to rescue them now? Russia and China, their new colonisers who offer loans they know they can never repay. In fact China is offering to make a major contribution to save S.A.'s power crisis.

@jhinthevirtuoso4886 10 місяців тому

I wonder why.

@ontjamba Рік тому

Simple, the word maintenance is foreign in africa.

@jeremyrogers4839 Рік тому

It is another thieving opportunity.

@jnicolettebailey Рік тому

Kenneth clearly condones the ANC's corruption and actions

@logical5780 Рік тому

What are you going to do about it?

@danielthunder9876 10 місяців тому

@@logical5780 Watch and laugh at SA collapses from a log way away.

@GoeieDag-gc7qe Рік тому

Same old same old. Stop talking about what WILL be done and start doing NOW

@santamills8638 Рік тому

11:15 Opposition wants a ring fenced state of disaster. Less to loot for the ANC, then

@wordscapes5690 Рік тому

Who produces the best solar panels? China. Who controls the solar panel businesses in the country? ANC officials and their relatives. This is about to become the newest gravy train.

@shadowreaver1851 Рік тому

South Africa isn't going to fix this with solar panels and windmills. I mean, it wouldn't hurt to set some up but they really need more power stations. Coal, nuclear, natural gas, I don't know, but their shortfall in power generation is pretty shocking and tossing in a few solar panels isn't going to make much of difference. It sounds like the biggest issue isn't corruption followed by a lack of investment in expanding the number of power stations. I know it takes years to build that kind of stuff but from what I can gather this problem has been going on for a number of years and in that time there's a lot that could have been done to reduce the power deficit.

@wordscapes5690 Рік тому

@@shadowreaver1851 You imagine the solar panels are for ALL South Africans. LOL. Cute

@shadowreaver1851 Рік тому

@@wordscapes5690 Well, I was hoping that was the case. Obviously electricity like everything else won't be evenly distributed. I doubt members of the Parament are going to go without power for over 11 hours everyday. Although it would be funny to watch debates occur with members holding flashlights and candles as they make speeches on how they are going to improve things.

@wordscapes5690 Рік тому

@@shadowreaver1851 True

@mikewillis44 7 місяців тому

ESKOM was meant to be privatised completely before the ANC came to power in order to avoid this problem.National party ministers dithered because they worried about their pensions.

@anthonyschluter8531 Рік тому

Land grab up next. Opportunity created.

@andrieslouw3811 Рік тому

Everyone that ever voted ANC!

@clinthalkett-siddall9681 Рік тому

One major concern from declaring a state of disaster is that Environmental Impact Assessments can be avoided or ignored and this could lead to loss of habitat for threatened or endangered species and even extinction of a species that requires a particular niche and only occurs there.

@logical5780 Рік тому

What are you going to do about it?

@clinthalkett-siddall9681 Рік тому

@@logical5780 I am working every day at this.

@gregorymalchuk272 Рік тому

@@clinthalkett-siddall9681 I doubt if any new power projects will be built threatening new habitats. They might however, use it as an excuse not to install sulfur dioxide scrubbers at the power stations. They should focus on just getting them running with an energy availability comparable to mediocre western standards.

@stevenmaritz2681 Рік тому

20 Years to late to declare the disaster. It pains me to say this. The Govt at every level are the masters of wishful thinking and every level responsible for this mitigated disaster. Law and order, education. Do not hold your breath for this govt to solve anything. The looting pot is running dry and now they sensationalise. Virtually every State owned entity has gone down the same way. Absolutely shameful.

@Tim_Shu 10 місяців тому

It's sad and embarrassing that SA has come to this

@deanoclothier8426 Рік тому

Here is the critical question! How did SA get to this point?

@andreskorge1828 Рік тому

Corruption, mismanagement, incompetence, and blind, ignorant and stupid allegiance to the ruling party. The ANC were the effective freedom fighters. But they are not capable governers. It is all about the ruling party and not the country.

@deanoclothier8426 Рік тому

@@andreskorge1828 You are 100% correct! My question was a rhetorical one. While the ANC was still banned and the leadership in exile, they touted themselves as "a government in waiting"! They have mismanaged every facet of goverment. And they just need to be tossed onto the scrapheap of political history!

@ObelixBarbatus Рік тому

Easy answer: the ANC.

@kwenzathanda4854 Рік тому

You're making an understatement Jumjum the blackouts can at times last for a day or two.

@mabaker391 Рік тому

What or who caused this collapse of power? The ageing powerstations wouldn't be a problem IF they did the necessary maintenance. They didnt do the maintenance and stole that money instead for their own use. The ANC collapsed Eskom - as they have done with all the other state owned enterprises... This load sjedding has been ongoing for the last 15 years and NOW they decide to declare a state of disaster? Its merely another excuse to access the last of the crumbs in the cookiekar!!!!

@mabaker391 Рік тому

@frank13 agreed but back in time - they had both the skill and money..... Now they have neither...

@carolsteffers9974 Рік тому

March is now SEVEN MONTHS OF CONTINUOUS LOADSHEDDING. Yes. You read me right. Sometime we have 14 hours per day of blackouts. The situation is beyond ridiculous now.

@AmaNotaGogo Рік тому

Since the anc have come to power ALL state enterprizes have FAILED - why would this be different/successful?

@AmaNotaGogo Рік тому

@@bricktopp9976 WOW, no wonder your name is what it is!

@rashidhassan852 Рік тому

I don't understand why they are clapping there hands

@rynopalm3638 Рік тому

Because now they can buy all those luxury items they desire, no more red tape to loot state money.

@MikeStuart20 Рік тому

More money to loot🤩😍😍😍😍

@asjsfreti5013 Рік тому

Will watch later Load shedding coming in a minute 😌

@nkosinathimadlophe3348 Рік тому

Please do more investigation

@DavidJohnson-dc8lu Рік тому

Crises in the UK, went from being able to leave heaters on 24/7 to 3 hours per day!

@DavidJohnson-dc8lu Рік тому

@@casualSimRacer3312 yep because business can't afford to keep businesses opened due staggering bills. IMF predicts the UK economy will shrink more than Russia's.

@zabadackakaHansCoche Рік тому

In Russia 24/7 heating a 4 bedroom house costs $20 pm. Not bad hey!!!

@ELVIR2 Рік тому

@@zabadackakaHansCoche quite bad for russian salary

@SeeLasSee Рік тому

If you tell a bad joke in South Africa, you don’t get canceled but load shedded.

@stephenbond5155 Рік тому

Not funny

@brendanroberts4866 Рік тому

Unless u r on the same part of the grid as state house

@yohighness Рік тому

🤣

@peacefulheart1431 Рік тому

No solution soon...ANC government fears strategic planning like a tokoloshe.

@MILC0M Рік тому

Cut the power to those that don't pay for electricity for a start

@resegoletlhogile7912 Рік тому

this is embarrassing. South Africans may we unite and vote ANC out. may we vote for competency and effectiveness.

@xolandlovu9258 Рік тому

While it is great for international community to talk about this issue. Please discuss the causes with power engineering experts, instead of consequence discussions with the so called Analysts.

@ballenboy 4 місяці тому

It is getting harder and harder to blame apartheid and Europeans.

@mgspain 9 місяців тому

Excellent video. Keep up the good work.

@johnlivanos5411 Рік тому

Simple, black anc government.

@AlbertCloete Рік тому

They say there is a tax incentive for buying solar panels. But there are big issues with this incentive. SARS, the country's revenue service, is terrible with paying back money owed to people and businesses. I've experiences this myself. So I don't trust that I'll be paid the incentive when I do my tax return. Secondly there is still VAT (value added tax) on solar panels, batteries, and inverters. Third point is that the incentive is capped at R15000 per household. That's around $800. It's paltry, even if you did manage to get the money owed back to you. You also just can't trust anything they say they will do. They say we'll be able to sell electricity back into the grid. But before that is really the situation, you can't trust that it will happen.

@mabo3506 Рік тому

NUCLEAR ENERGY is the best by far. Cheapest and most sustainable. We need a few nuclear plants. Energy needs to be privatised.

@sxolelongcobo3344 Рік тому

😂So the plan was to force us to 'green energy' all along

@PS-el2gw Рік тому

You are the one of the few that gets it. Who stands to gain money from the 'green energy'? Not hungry south africans. Those demanding this, like the diabolical world economic forum will come in as a saviour with their expensive green tech. Because we wont be able to afford, here comes their state capture. Eish our politicians are not only intellectually challenged but they lack wisdom and foresight.

@zabadackakaHansCoche Рік тому

WEF agenda.

@smokeycook3191 Рік тому

Power for the rich. The peasants get the limited power.

@Nico8847 Рік тому

Cyril Ramamphosa ' In order for this PROBLEM to be solved, the PROBLEM must declare a state of disaster, in order for the PROBLEM to come up with a plan to solve itself'.

@felixyoghurt3291 11 місяців тому

Simple answer : ANC incompetence and blind cadre loyalty.

@christinefinniss6263 Рік тому

Minister of Electricity 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@jenknight7772 Рік тому

Theft and carelessness.

@davidjooste5788 Рік тому

Compare the quality of Yelland's response to the mouthings of those other stooges in the interview.

@lillyofthevalley208 Рік тому

Brilliant!

@cecilenowers4022 Рік тому

9 Days after posting this video, we are now on stage 6 with a promise of stage 8. The tax paying man on the street sees nothing positive coming from the state of disaster. Two few of these speakers are saying a lot of "We should do this, we should do that". Plenty of blah blah blah.

@thembamoko8810 Рік тому

The RSA President Cyril Ramaphosa Have Said That Energy , Electricity , Power Is RSA Municipalities Accountability Or Responsibility Not His , Cabinet And Parliament. 1. How Can He Declare Energy State Of Disaster? 2. He Announced Energy Minister In The RSA Presidency During State Of The Nation Address?

@josephlee4001 11 місяців тому

According to certain economists, it's possible that the U.S. and certain parts of Europe might experience a recession at some point in 2023. Although a global recession, which is characterized by a decline in annual global per capita income, is relatively uncommon due to the faster growth rates of emerging markets like China, in comparison to developed economies. Basically, if economic growth lags behind population growth, it's considered that the global economy is in a state of recession.

@justinscott6855 11 місяців тому

Currently, my primary worry is how to increase revenue during periods of quantitative easing. I cannot afford to witness my savings dwindle away.

@nathanjane7729 11 місяців тому

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@stevenjuan259 11 місяців тому

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@denisdavid342 11 місяців тому

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@stevenjuan259 11 місяців тому

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@qolspony Рік тому

I couldn't believe what someone from SA and other Africans have told me about solar panels. It is illegal to have a solar panel even for those who could afford it. Reason? It would cut into the profits of the energy providers. One of many reasons why I would never ever live in Africa! Self substanabilty is everything for someone who use to be off the grid.

@gerhardlandman9440 Рік тому

In South Africa it is legal. You cannot put back on the grid in most places.

@Aeon1019 11 місяців тому

Huh?? AFRICA permits installation of Solar Panels and without all the red tape, you want Solar all you have to do is install it. The reason SA is experiencing this load-shedding is because of the Western Capitalisms facades it has pursued. AFRI7A is thriving!

@jarosawbielski2301 Рік тому

Don't brag about tomorrow because you don't know what today will bring.

@thebergbok8279 Рік тому

"Creamer" says it all.

@JG-zb4mz 7 місяців тому

South Africa should ask it's new BRICS friends for help.... decades of ANC mismanagement, vote them out of office...from Africa's most developed nation to another Zimbabwe...all thanks to ANC

@matthiasvanrhijn280 8 місяців тому

Corrupt politicians as well as corrupt and egoistic staff members of the energy enterprises seem to be a Big problem. South Africa is on the brink of a failed state. PLEASE intellectual South Africans OF ALL COLOR help to actively SAVE Your great democracy 🇿🇦🌹💚🪔

@mustakima.muzafie8233 Рік тому

Ok.great work,

@JanBruunAndersen Рік тому

Having watched around 30 seconds of the video, my guess is that the cause is government regulation. It usually is.

@cosmicwakes6443 Рік тому

Jan What government regulations? South Africa is a libertarian capitalist hellhole.

@stephenbond5155 Рік тому

No this is actually because of criminals in governance. A mafia has captured this state owned monopoly . In a way you are right they could regulate away the monopoly and allow for independent producers and thus competition

@cosmicwakes6443 Рік тому

@@stephenbond5155 Yeah, let the private sector drive up prices and push the costs on the customers. You're just stupid.

@thiboznjabu64 Рік тому

@20:00 old Ongama there brought the adage " a fly on a poor African child s face" to a new level..ha ha ha 😅😅😅😉😉

@jacoslabbert8738 Рік тому

This Creamer cadre is a 🤡. Eskom will not be fixed while the ANC is in charge of South Africa.

@nikkigantz695 Рік тому

maybe Kennith should retire.......or advise the pothole committee on how to fill potholes.....

@sueelliott4793 5 місяців тому

When I look at that President speaking and read his body language, I see him as the liar he is. Please people, vote that party out. It does not affect me as I don't live there anymore but my heart goes out to all you South Africans.

@normahamilton527 Рік тому

I bet the United States had something to do with...

@supernova44 Рік тому

Make sure you blame Biden!

@helenduplessis4166 Рік тому

Trouble is that some just talk... while the rest steal...

@badarally6143 Рік тому

God bless south Africa but I am afraid of new investment then standing own feet I think south Africa can help themselves please 🙏 don't go for more IMF WORLD BANK

@joecruiser Рік тому

Tell that to the ruling crimimal ANC cyndicate.

@charlenejulius8501 10 місяців тому

Greed & Corruption finish en klaar

@ericsmith6692 7 місяців тому

Funny how loadshedding does not affect the members of parliament, how come?

@cyberfrank-bx2nv Рік тому

in short, people need to generate power themselves, like solar panels and power walls. [batteries] the money invested needs to be so small, that it s not tempting to corrupt. really sad for those who really want a bright future there. good show.