Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has warned of stage 8 load-shedding for up to 152 consecutive days
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The mineral resources and energy department is pushing for nuclear power but experts argue that this is unsafe and will take too long to implement
The ‘big bulls’ told the electricity minister that his plan to extend Eskom’s coal fired plants should be taken to the National Energy Crisis Committee
A proposal to move some of energy minister Gwede Mantashe’s powers to the electricity ministry could result in a battle between him and the president
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Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has argued that renewable energy will not have enough baseload to power the country and avoid a total blackout
Ramokgopa’s intention of keeping ageing, expensive coal-fired power stations going flies in the face of policy
Good progress is being made to reduce South Africa’s reliance on a few primary energy sources
It was caused by the failings of the government, which has a responsibility to spare hospitals, schools and police stations to protect people’s rights
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The utility’s reasoning in papers before court showed, if true, that the timeframes in its Generation Recovery Plan cannot be met, applicants in a constitutional challenge say
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The new electricity minister says that he will not interfere with the process of hiring a new Eskom chief executive but this needed to be done soon
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The shifts were not about improving government’s efficiency but about securing political futures
The party is calculating the amount it would seek from the former Eskom CEO in damages but is struggling to establish his whereabouts
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The mineral resources and energy minister has argued that renewable energy costs Eskom more than the government lets on
The mineral resources and energy minister has said that Eskom does not belong to his department, ‘so I have not lost anything’
Nkosasana Dlamini Zuma, a 30 year cabinet veteran is now the minister in the presidency responsible for women, youth and persons with disabilities
Only the government — not Eskom or municipalities — can address load-shedding by building more capacity and ensuring sufficient supply, the parties said
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Syndicates, sabotage, theft and inaction by those in the know has helped bring the state-owned power producer to its knees, hurting the country in the process
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The ANC’s national working committee was unilateral in committing to use all its resources to hire the best legal minds to challenge De Ruyter
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If his ‘exit interview’ was to be explosive, the former Eskom chief executive should come out with the names of those ministers who are corrupt
DA calls former Eskom chief executive De Ruyter ‘brave’, thanks him for his service
With the country in its 115th day of load-shedding, De Ruyter leaves with immediate effect after accusing the ANC of seeing Eskom as a “eating trough” in an explosive interview
Power utility says the high court challenge to the increase is flawed in law, and could mean more load-shedding, or worse, a credit default
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In closing the debate on his State of the Nation address, the president said the country was not abandoning coal as a major power source
Cabinet sources argue the state of disaster will take away the powers of more ministers than just that of the forestry and fisheries minister
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The president tells party leaders that the new electricity minister will also be a project manager for Medupi and Kusile power stations
The opposition, insatiably desperate for attention, are as much to blame for our faulty system as those who drive it
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Mixed reactions to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement, as minerals and energy minister let off the hook to solve electricity crisis
ANC leaders were caught off guard and left reeling when the president made the announcement, with allies calling for him to explain his actions
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In a hint of what will come in his cabinet reshuffle, the president sidelined Mantashe with plan to appoint energy minister in the presidency
According to the Minerals Council, logistical constraints induced by the railway’s setbacks have cost mining industry R51 billion in exports
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The rolling blackouts are estimated to have cost the country R1 billion a day in 2022, according to the minister
There is progress cleaning up corruption but party reform lags behind and the president can’t afford to lose allies, even those implicated in the Zondo report
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