In response to the nation’s energy problem, the Democratic Alliance (DA) has been charged with grandstanding by the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL).
The official opposition has started marching towards the ANC’s Luthuli House in Johannesburg to demonstrate against power cuts.
Numerous ANC Youth League members, meanwhile, have congregated in front of the offices of the ruling party and have vowed to keep the DA at bay.
Therefore, it said, the ANC was to blame for the regular blackouts and demanded that it accept responsibility. The ANCYL, however, said the DA was mistaken.
“There is no political party anywhere that must think they can come to another and march to another political party’s headquarters on matters of governance that have nothing to do with the political office,” the league’s national organiser, Tlangi Mogale, said.
According to Mogale, the DA should instead think about demonstrating outside of Eskom headquarters or offering practical answers to the energy issue.
Luthuli House, according to DA leader John Steenhuisen, is “ground zero” of South Africa’s electrical issue.