the country has experienced an unusually steady supply of electricity. as south africans prepare to vote in a general election, some critics believe this could be simple electioneering, but others believe that south africa s energy problem is being fixed for good. the bbc s nomsa maseko reports. this power station is one of south africa s many power plants that are coming back online to help minimise the country s electricity crisis. this is a move the government hopes will lessen rolling blackouts, which have crippled the economy and forced south africans to turn to alternatives. all of these efforts are orchestrated. there s nothing sudden about what you are seeing today. and, in fact, the picture looks even exceptionally better. what is it? i m happy to say to the country as i stand before you today the energy availability effect of eskom has breached the 70% mark. at 70.78. that s significant. the last time we achieved this was in august 2021. but many people are sceptica
Those cases have to be evaluated on its own merits based on the facts of the case and the applicable regulations. Mister sullivan, time is running out but miss colin had asked you all about where we go from here. Tell me clearly, what would you like to see done so that we can be effective and efficient and so we can basically put you out of a job . Mister cummings, im not trying to get rid of you but you understand what im saying. I appreciate that. Im concerned that when we have an investigation and because i dont have enough special agents to expeditiously investigate allegations, we eventually get to them but the old saying justice delayed is justice denied, im concerned i dont have enough agents to adequately and immediately address some of these allegations. Thats why theres so many cases in thepipeline and if you do the math , my professional responsibility which is in special unit headquarters doing essentially gs 15 and political appointees, the average 9. 5 cases each and agen
Like to ask a question, please email them. Welcome. Would you like to begin . You. Jolly a sincere thank be aw we wanted this to bipartisan effort right out of the gate. We did accomplish that. I will spend a couple of minutes talking about the actual construct. I think the narrative has been told and i will give you a little of my perspective and i know rick has comments as well. In many states, including the state of florida, state legislators are prohibited from raising money when in session. The ballot and elected in the state of florida as well as a total of 30 states are prohibited from directly campaigng contributions. The prohibition was upheld by the u. S. Supreme court. The Supreme Court indicated prohibition might be itstitutional, but perhaps would require different construct for elected officials in the legislative quality. I took a model and said lets of why it to congress. The act is very simple, it is four pages and every member of congress can read it before we vote on
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Months away, he said he was shocked to hear from party elders in the next six months he needed to raise 2 million for in february, he introduced the stop act which would handle members of congress from personally asking for money. Was one ofive nolan back sat. Two he was elected to congress in 2013. He says he hardly recognized the institution because of the amount of time members spent dialing for dollars. Today congressman jolly and nolan join us to discuss what is necessary to change washington to get members of congress to put down the phone and solve problems. We will have some questions in a few minutes. A number of reporters are listening on the phone. If anyone listening and would like to ask a question, please email them to press club. O rg. Gentlemen, welcome to the National Press club. Congressman jolly, would you like to begin. Thank you to the National Press club and to my colleague rick nolan. When we first started this, i knew we wanted to be a bipartisan effort and with