The president has been burned before by his administration setting expectations too high. The past five years has put the country’s real prospects into focus
Speaking on the sidelines of the South Africa Investment Conference, the electricity minister said the suggested revisions would be submitted to cabinet in two weeks
Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has a tough challenge ahead
Is it too early to pass judgment on South Africa’s newest cabinet member, considering some of his remarks fly in the face of global and local green energy plans?
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
Eskom will be forced to implement higher stages of load-shedding, Ramokgopa says
The two interventions have received major blowback with critics accusing the government of undermining public oversight
Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said he will only invoke the Disaster Management Act if existing solutions do not allow him to act with speed on load-shedding
Electricity minister Sputla Ramakgopa’s brief is to get himself fired. Not coal-fired, that is, but to work himself out of his job
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
The president has increased his already bloated cabinet, promising once again to reduce it in time
The president announced that Paul Mashatile will become deputy president and Kgosientsho Ramokgopa as the new Electricity Minister