With the country still hampered by load shedding, and with no end in sight, it is perhaps no surprise the focus of President Cyril Ramaphosa's question session on Thursday will be the energy crisis.
With the country still hampered by loadshedding, and with no end in sight, it is perhaps no surprise the focus of President Cyril Ramaphosa's question session on Thursday will be the energy crisis. In February, during his State of the Nation Address, Ramaphosa announced he would appoint an Electricity Minister in the Presidency.
As the ANC shot down a DA motion to establish an ad hoc committee to oversee Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, the governing party took aim at Parliament's rules to make it harder to propose these committees.
President Cyril Ramaphosa will resolve newly appointed Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa's functions and powers speedily, with engagements between ministers taking centre stage.
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa will do his important work of getting the country's lights on in the dark - not the darkness caused by load shedding, but that caused by a shroud of secrecy as ANC MPs defer to fulfil their constitutional obligation to oversee the executive and hold it accountable.