Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan should take the blame for deaths in hospitals as well as unsolved crimes after announcing his intention to appeal the court ruling ordering the government to end load shedding in facilities such as public hospitals, schools, and police stations.
The organisations that brought the application before the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, said Gordhan’s intention to challenge the court ruling would leave patients in public hospitals in great danger.
The ruling by the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, last week, ordered the government to to take reasonable steps to ensure the sufficient supply or generation of electricity to prevent any interruption of supply as a result of load shedding to these facilities.
The court ordered that this should be implemented within 60 days.
In the statement released…
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Sunday Independent (Digital) - 1 Issue, 2023-05-14