NDZ: The DA will not support a State of Disaster that puts the same incompetent ministers back in charge

6 February 2023

Note to Editors: Please find attached soundbites in English and Afrikaans by Kevin Mileham MP

The DA vehemently rejects the suggestion made by the ANC's NEC for Minister Nkososana Dlamini-Zuma to lead the State of Disaster that may be declared on loadshedding.

Should President Cyril Ramaphosa accede to this outrageous decision, the DA will take the necessary steps to oppose and fight against it.

During Covid-19 Dlamini-Zuma abused her powers under the State of Disaster that was declared to deal with the pandemic. We will not agree to any outrageous plan to have her punish South Africans once again over an electricity crisis that was manufactured by the ANC.

The DA will not support a State of Disaster that puts the same incompetent ministers back in charge.

Now that it has become clear that the ANC wants to hijack the emergency response to the electricity crisis for nefarious purposes, the DA now demands that before any State of Disaster is declared, a detailed outline of its structure and how it will be implemented must be tabled in Parliament.

The DA has put Ramaphosa on notice. Any State of Disaster declaration that seeks to punish South Africans and opens doors to looting and corruption will elicit a strong DA fight-back.

Issued by Kevin Mileham, DA Shadow Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, 6 January 2023