PHOTO: SECURITY GUARD? S.A singer, Donald In Denial seen in mask as he acts as body guard during SONA 2023

Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that S.A singer, Donald In Denial seen in mask as he acts as body guard during SONA 2023.

During the program, the camera went straight to Donald In Denial wearing a face mask, so that people wouldn't recognise him.

He got called out by Chris Excel after Ramaphosa had finished talking during the SONA 2023.

It will enable the government to accelerate energy projects and limit regulatory requirements while maintaining rigorous environmental protections, procurement principles and technical standards, the president said.

The auditor general will be brought in to ensure continuous monitoring of expenditure. This, Ramaphosa said, will guard against any abuses of the funds needed to attend to this disaster.

“Extraordinary circumstances call for extraordinary measures,” Ramaphosa said.

“The energy crisis is an existential threat to our economy and social fabric. We must spare no effort, and we must allow no delay in implementing these measures.”

In a brief statement, Eskom said it would study the detail in the government gazette on the state of disaster “to understand the implications of the declaration”.

He also said that the government will support Eskom to secure additional funding to continue purchasing diesel.

This will help ease load shedding so the power utility is able to operate their diesel-run plants.

On the issues of corruption that theft that the power utility faces, he said that it is being dealt with.

“Our intelligence programme has already resulted in a number of people (43 and growing) being caught.“

The president also said that the government would be going to proceed with roll-out of roof-top solar projects.

Ramaphosa said that the country’s finance minister, Enoch Godongwana, will outline in his upcoming budget how the government will be assisting in these projects and tax relief and other benefits for businesses.

Ramaphosa says he will also appoint a Minister of Energy under The Presidency who will focus on the implementation of the energy plan.

The Minister of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan, the president said, will remain the shareholder representative of Eskom and steer the restructuring of Eskom.

The Minister of Electricity will be appointed in the Presidency, and that minister will focus “day and night” on this crisis.

“To deal more effectively and urgently with the challenges that confront us, I will appoint a Minister of Electricity in the Presidency to assume full responsibility for overseeing all aspects of the electricity crisis response,” Ramaphosa said.