The ANC says Russia should not feel humiliated should South Africa take a decision that its president, Vladimir Putin, should not attend the Brics summit because of the international arrest warrant issued against him.
This follows the death of 3-year-old Neyamiah Eaton who died on the way to the hospital after an inverter powering her backup oxygen cylinder ran out of power amid rolling power cuts.
Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has come under fire for his social media updates about visiting automotive manufacturing plants, with many saying he was "galavanting" and creating content instead of attending to the electricity crisis.
“If Gordhan and his cabinet colleagues can receive uninterrupted electricity at their luxurious homes, then there is no excuse for hospitals, schools and police stations to go without,” he said.