Kgosientso Ramokgopa
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Multiple plant failures prompted Stage 6 load-shedding
Energy minister Kgosiento Ramokgopa said the issue would be resolved by the end of the week
Ramokgopa: Eskom must focus on transmission and expanding the national grid
The electricity minister warned that if the country took too long to make decisions on transmission expansion, it would add to its electricity crisis
Extending coal plants lifespan will not solve anything, says Crispian Olver
Climate commission presents its recommendations to Ramaphosa, highlighting that it is vital to decommission crumbling plants as soon as the power crunch eases
Powerships for South Africa’s energy future
Powerships touted to be energy solution for South Africa
Eskom winter ‘plan’ is to burn through diesel
The power utility plans to burn more diesel to reduce load-shedding levels, but the treasury won’t finance it
Jan Oberholzer to stay on at Eskom as an adviser
The former chief operating officer will advise the board and ministers and focus on projects intended to deal with load-shedding
The state of disaster that is Eskom
From irregular expenditure to energy precarity and deals gone wrong, the power utility is the talk of the town
Electricity production fell in February, Statistics South Africa says
Eskom has implemented rolling blackouts to ease pressure on the national grid as its generating units struggle to keep up with demand
Lights on for Putin, as South Africa visit beckons
The Russian leader has more chance of being arrested at home than he does in Mzansi
Ramaphosa: Water works may be exempted from load-shedding
The government is in talks with Eskom to keep water pumps going during blackouts, the president told MPs
EFF marched but it was no Sri Lanka moment
Police Minister Bheki Cele and his team of officers appear to be better at arresting radials than criminals
Call me what you like, I have legislative powers, says Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
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
Ramaphosa’s cabinet reshuffle: Few surprises amid missed opportunity and mediocrity
Only the uninitiated or the hopelessly optimistic would have been merely disappointed by last night’s long and needlessly delayed cabinet announcement
Who Patel and Godogwana could make way for, as cabinet reshuffle speculation continues
ANC insiders are almost certain that Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma will not remain the cooperative governance minister for long
Government gets $2bn more in pledges towards infrastructure development
The New Development Bank pledges billions of dollars towards infrastructure development in South Africa. Implementing infrastructure development is one of the measures the…