EFF will aim to make electricity more affordable: Malema

EFF leader Julius Malema says the party wants to make electricity more affordable for South Africans.

Malema addressed party supporters during an election campaign in Heilbron in the Free State where he said it’s crucial to link South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) grant databases directly to municipal systems to automatically classify social grant beneficiaries as indigent.

Community members of Heilbron raised their issues and concerns with Malema.

“We want to give electricity that’s affordable, not cheap. Because why must electricity be expensive when coal is produced in the same place where we are producing electricity. Very very cheap to produce electricity in SA so why should it be expensive to produce it. We will make sure that Eskom doesn’t make profit. It makes enough money to sustain itself so that we reduce the price of electricity. This money they are giving you comes from government. This money you’re paying of water and electricity goes to the same government; therefore, SASSA and local government must work together.