WRAP | Load-shedding an ANC-made problem, says DA at Luthuli House

January 25 2023 - 16:04

Load-shedding an ANC-made problem, says DA at Luthuli House

The DA marched to ANC headquarters Luthuli House on Wednesday demanding that the governing party account for the energy crisis, arguing the rolling blackouts have been caused by the ANC's cadre deployment policy and corruption.

Addressing her party's supporters at the “power to the people” march that started at Mary Fitzgerald Square, DA chief whip Siviwe Gwarube said they wanted to make it clear to the ANC that load-shedding and blackouts resulted from the ruling party’s poor governance, mismanagement and corruption. 

“This is an ANC-manufactured problem, that is seeing abantu bethu [our people] going hungry every day, seeing abantu bethu joining the unemployment queues and living in rolling blackouts for 12 hours a day, therefore the solutions must come from them,” Gwarube said. 

January 25 2023 - 01:40

ANCYL says it has 'successfully prevented DA from turning Luthuli into a playground'

January 25 2023 - 01:10

IN PICS | DA load-shedding march heads to Luthuli House as ANCYL defends headquarters

Scores of people joined the DA march to the ANC headquarters in central Johannesburg, Luthuli House, on Wednesday. The ANC Youth League said it would “protect” the party's headquarters against the marchers. TimesLIVE photographers and reporters captured these pictures:

January 25 2023 - 01:00

WATCH | DA paints Joburg CBD blue

January 25 2023 - 12:48

A group of youth league members are claiming to have been provoked and seek to approach the DA marchers, while their colleagues try to calm the crowd.

January 25 2023 - 12:57

Barricade keeps DA and ANCYL crowds apart during Eskom protest

A large fence has been erected to create a barricade in streets around the ANC’s Luthuli House headquarters as DA marchers protest against load-shedding, the recent Eskom tariff increase and the ruling party’s cadre deployment policy.

January 25 2023 - 12:56

ANCYL members chase away DA members who have approached their end of the barricade

January 25 2023 - 12:52

DA march: commotion erupts as ANCYL members face off with police 

January 25 2023 - 12:47

LISTEN | Eskom matters should be directed to the power utility: ANCYL on DA march

ANC Youth League (ANCYL) task team national organiser Tlangi Mogale says the DA should direct its energy crisis concerns to Eskom, not the ANC.

Hundreds of DA members under the banner #PowerToThePeople gathered at Mary Fitzgerald Square in Johannesburg on Wednesday to march to ANC headquarters Luthuli House to protest about the energy crisis.

January 25 2023 - 12:40

The two groupings have been cordoned off by members of the South African Police Service on opposite ends of Helen Joseph street in Johannesburg CBD, just metres away from Luthuli House

January 25 2023 - 12:00

DA's #PowerToThePeopleMarch heads to Luthuli House

January 25 2023 - 11:48

'Why we're marching': Load-shedding cuts oxygen for sick husband, while generator costs put business at risk

Prolonged power outages create panic in the home of Ursula Jacobs, 68, as her husband relies on oxygen to breathe.

She was one of scores of people dressed in blue who gathered at Johannesburg's Mary Fitzgerald Square on Wednesday morning ahead of the DA's march against load-shedding to the ANC's headquarters, Luthuli House.

January 25 2023 - 11:40

DA march proceeds to Luthuli House

January 25 2023 - 11:38

January 25 2023 - 10:35

The DA is convening at the Mary Fitzgerald Square with supporters of the #PowerToThePeopleMarch where they will be addressed by various leaders including Chief Whip Siviwe Gwarube as they take to the ANC headquarters over the country’s energy crisis

January 25 2023 - 10:17

'My business depends on electricity,' says marcher before DA power protest

Scores of people dressed in blue trickled into Johannesburg's Mary Fitzgerald Square on Wednesday morning ahead of the DA's “power to the people” march.

Police and marshals have been deployed to ensure the event is peaceful. This after the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) said it would “protect” ANC headquarters Luthuli House against the marchers.

January 25 2023 - 10:11

WATCH | Izinyoka-nyoka and snuif: load-shedding has become unbearable, says DA supporter

With electrical cables, a clothes iron and stripped wires coiled around her neck, DA supporter Agnus Khumalo strikes a shocking image.

The mother of five was one of hundreds of DA supporters who gathered at Mary Fitzgerald Square in Johannesburg's bustling city centre in preparation for the opposition party's planned march to Luthuli House over South Africa's electricity crisis.

January 25 2023 - 09:03

DA responds to the ANCYL's stance to 'defend' Luthuli House  

January 25 2023 - 08:55

ANCYL explains why it is protecting the party's headquarters 

January 25 2023 - 08:33

DA marches to ANC headquarters over load-shedding 

The DA is expected to march to Luthuli House in Johannesburg on Wednesday.

The official opposition party’s Power To The People march is directed at the ANC headquarters as they believe the ruling party’s corruption and policy of cadre deployment is directly responsible for the energy crisis in which the country finds itself.

The ANC Youth League is adamant it will defend Luthuli House. They said should the DA dare approach the  party’s headquarters, they will redirect the DA to where they should relay their frustrations, which is Eskom’s head office in Sandton. - Sisanda Mbolekwa

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