Can you please allow the member at the podium to be heard? You can have your exchanges outside if you want to. Proceed.
The effect of this uncertainty is devastating. Our electronic appliances suffer damage every time load shedding is thrown at us. The little food people have rots. Rural development and farming, in particular, are compromised, whilst poverty and hunger remain the only things the poor know. The few underpaying jobs are on the line as a result of load shedding. Small businesses, usually the backbone of our economy, are most affected and cannot sustain their enterprises because we are a dark country. This situation is diametrically opposed to what the ruling party has been telling South Africans. We were told that the New Dawn would bring efficiency. The New Dawn has brought new and more darkness by way of load shedding.
Our economy, our safety, our education, our health system, and the list goes on, have all been damaged severely by the "Absolute No Current" party. All the