Phuti Mosomane
EFF leader Julius Malema told thousands of his supporters at the FNB Stadium on Saturday that the party will end loadshedding if it comes to power after the 2024 elections.
Malema said while the EFF is not opposed to the implementation of the Just Energy Transition in principle, no coal-powered stations must be closed until a time when renewable power sources are able to produce enough electricity at the pace that is sustainable and reliable.
“We are not going to close coal-powered stations until Just-In-Transition produces equivalent megawatts to the same power coal power stations you want us to close.
“So why is there a story that we must not use coal in South Africa, yet we see tons and millions and millions of tons being taken out of South Africa, where are they going?
“Fighters, me and you are going to defeat loadshedding. Only the EFF can
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