CAPE TOWN - Western Cape premier Alan Winde has requested that the provincial treasury allocate R1-billion to respond to the energy crisis.
Delivering his State of Province Address, Winde says R89-million in emergency funding has been released to ensure that municipalities across the Western Cape have generators to provide safe drinking water and working sewage infrastructure during blackouts.
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He says crime is being tackled head-on and that jobs are being created through the growth of the provincial economy.
But some opposition parties aren’t impressed.
They will have the opportunity to respond to Winde on Friday.
* eNCA's Ayesha Ismail reports.