Malema calls for Ramaphosa to step down over his failure to resolve load-shedding

PHUTI MOSOMANE

EFF leader Julius Malema has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign because he has ‘repeatedly and perennially’ failed to provide electricity to the people of South Africa.

Malema made the call following a meeting convened by Ramaphosa and the Eskom board with political party leaders.

After the meeting, the EFF said Ramaphosa, Eskom Board Members, the outgoing CEO Andre de Ruyter and the National Energy Crisis Committee made presentations which conceded that Eskom and the entire government were not in a position to resolve South Africa’s electricity crisis within the next 24 months.

Malema said Ramaphosa must therefore take full responsibility for the jobs that are being lost and small businesses that are closing due to the ack of electricity.

The EFF leader said “Ramaphosa has blood on his hands because people are losing lives when electricity dependent life support systems and machines switch on and off.”