Staff Reporter
DA leader Mmusi Maimane on Monday called for Parliament to reconvene to deal with the Eskom crisis.
Maimane has written to the Speaker of the National Assembly Baleka Mbete to request the special sitting of Parliament between now and 7 May.
“The National Assembly (NA), which held its last sitting last week Wednesday 20 March, is still able to do the people’s work until 7 May 2019, the day before the national elections. Therefore, the Speaker must simply recall a sitting of the National Assembly to deal with this national crisis,” said Maimane in Johannesburg.
The party is planning a national day of action on Friday to protest against what it says is now a national crisis.
“This is why we will launch a National Day of Action this Friday 29 March, calling on South Africans in every community, town and city across the country, to join us
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