House Chairperson, while some parties in this House talk about hypothetical solutions, masquerading as superior logic, we have concrete, workable solutions to ensure Eskom's sustainability. [Interjections.] These include changing Eskom's coal procurement policy immediately to allow Eskom to procure coal from any credible source; introducing independent power producers to reaffirm Eskom's engineering and maintenance employees as an essential service, so that they cannot enter into strike action; introducing a drastic salary restructuring of Eskom's executives; and implore municipalities to embark on a "name and shame" campaign of the main offenders that are not paying their electricity bills.
While talking about this, hon Mnganga-Gcabashe, it is all well and nice to encourage members of the public to pay their electricity bills, but equally, do the same to your ANC colleagues in Midvaal, the City of Cape Town, in the
City of Tshwane who have outstanding municipal bills and are contributing to the municipal debt that goes unpaid. [Applause.]
So, the South Africans watching at home, every power cut you experience is a reminder that the ANC is killing the lights. Therefore, a vote for the ANC is a vote for more power cuts. We are in this crisis because the ANC has allowed Eskom's debt to grow to unaffordable levels. We are in this crisis because of executive instability at Eskom, evident in the appointment six CEOs over a timeframe of 10 years. Hon Ranto, again, it was the ANC that appointed these CEOs, so you must own up to everything that has happened in there. We are in this crisis because the ANC government has failed to complete both Kusile Power Station and Medupi Power Station on time.
So, South Africans, use your vote to cut the ANC's power and vote for a government that has credible solutions to solve the country's power crisis. Hon Jackson Mthembu, that party is the DA! [Applause.]
THE MINISTER OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES: Hon Chairperson, hon members and members of the public that have interest in this debate. This debate is titled Matters of Public National Importance and I imagines that the speakers from all the political parties are invited in this debate and we thank the DA for taking the initiative in this regard, because at least we can demonstrate what we are doing as country and as a government at this point in time, but what the public expects here, is for speakers from the political parties to offer concrete solutions to what are concrete problems. Instead what we have is either a repetition of what we already said as government in a public domain and that only by the last speaker Mr