The public enterprises minister said climate change had to be addressed but the shift to clean energy had to consider South Africa’s economic reality
Coalition seeks to halt the 18.65% tariff increase, end load-shedding, and hold the state accountable for its failure to provide electricity
The former minister was found to have played a strategic role in ensuring the ground was fertile for the Guptas to plunder Denel
Detractors of Minister Pravin Gordhan are expected to use the recent rounds of blackouts said to have affected the ANC’s election results as a launching pad to call for his removal
Stage four load-shedding rolled out to ensure the polls on Monday 1 November are energy secure
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Sizakele Mzimela, under cross-examination by the former minister’s lawyers, also tells of ‘ambush’ at a meeting when the Gupta-linked Jet Airways placed undue pressure on the national airline to cancel its Mumbai route
The former public enterprises minister says he was deliberately removed from state companies’ dealings and could not have learned of the looting
The former minister was confronted with testimony that the airline was bullied, including by his special adviser, on his watch
Salary arrears owed to SAA staff will be paid by 19 February, and the public enterprises department commits to reskilling affected employees.
More allegations against Jacob Zuma put before the state capture commission, as the questions the former president will have to answer when he appears next week continue to stack up
Under the spotlight will be the Economic Freedom Fighters’ behaviour at the State of the Nation address and during the public enterprise department’s budget speech
The ambush will take place at an NEC meeting about Eskom. But the real target is Cyril Ramaphosa
The state defence company is fired up about the large contract but is keeping mum on the details
The amounts of radioactivity released in 2014 and 2015 were ‘negligible’ and it was not necessary to notify the public, Gordhan said.
The public enterprises portfolio committee has rejected claims by Minister Malusi Gigaba that its members are attempting to discredit him
The former ANC MP is expected to detail an alleged bribery attempt by the politically connected Gupta family
Gordhan said that the airline plans to initiate two routes next week and possibly add more routes on a weekly basis
‘Given the vast scale of the depredations suffered by the SOEs, it’s clear that restoration will be a huge job’
The move is part of Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan’s overhaul of state-owned enterprises
Eskom board member Sindi Mabaso-Koyana spoke on the steps Eskom is taking to address corruption at the power utility
A dossier makes allegations of members’ fees escalating and plans to outsource their own work
Gordhan announced the appointment of a new interim board for Denel on Monday after meeting with the state-owned defence company
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Minister in the Presidency Essop Pahad will not be available to serve in public office after next year’s elections, a media report said on Friday. Pahad is the latest government figure to announce his intentions after Public Enterprises Minister Alec Erwin went public about his resignation, also planned for after next year’s elections.
Public Enterprises Minister Alec Erwin would retire after the elections next year, a media report said on Monday. ”The minister would like to confirm that he would not be serving another term. His decision was taken long before the change in African National Congress leadership,” said his spokesperson Vimla Maistry.
Any increase in electricity prices should occur gradually over five years, Eskom was told on Friday at a summit in Sandton on the electricity crisis, South African Broadcasting Corporation news reported. The government, labour, the African National Congress and community forums were represented at the summit.
Demands from various quarters that South Africa stop its electricity exports to neighbouring countries amounted to ”economic xenophobia”, Public Enterprises Minister Alec Erwin said on Wednesday. Eskom’s customers outside South Africa would be treated exactly like any other customer with the same rights, and this would remain so.
The African National Congress (ANC) may ask President Thabo Mbeki to set up a commission of inquiry into bonuses paid to Eskom bosses, media reports said on Sunday. The Sunday Times said a report commissioned by the ANC into the power crisis revealed gross mismanagement at the state utility.
Power cuts in the winter months ahead are unlikely if the present power-saving trends continue, according to Public Enterprises Minister Alec Erwin. The overall savings target remains 10%, and the key factor is the behavioural changes that are crucial in the short-term, he told a media briefing at Parliament on Thursday.
A total of 7 868 items of luggage belonging to South African Airways (SAA) passengers were reported missing from airports in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth and East London in the three-month period between December 1 and February 29 this year.
A national energy summit must be convened with immediate effect to address the current electricity crisis, the African National Congress (ANC) said after a national working committee meeting on Monday. The meeting — which was also attended by Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka — was held to discuss the crisis and proposals for a tariff increase.
Arms manufacturer Denel still needs R1,7-billion promised by the government to complete its turnaround, outgoing CEO Shaun Liebenberg said on Wednesday. ”When Denel reached technical insolvency in June 2005, the shareholder faced three options: to close Denel; to retain it on a subsidy basis; or to turn it into a commercially viable business,” Liebenberg said.