President Cyril Ramaphosa will allocate more powers to Kgosientsho Ramokgopa in an effort to end the power crisis.
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The Presidential Climate Commission dismissed a report that said modelling shows that the country will miss its 2030 emissions reduction target.
South Africa will miss its binding 2030 carbon emissions targets under the Paris climate agreement.
By its own admission, in the last year Eskom has failed more than ever before to carry out its basic contract.
Eskom has handed over load shedding operations for large parts of Johannesburg to City Power.
Government is accelerating plans for 3GW of gas-fired power generation, the electricity minister said.
Eskom will suspend daytime load shedding on Monday, and it will stay suspended until further notice.
Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has declared that the worst of the load shedding crisis is over. Is he right?
Eskom said pollution from its coal-fired plants kills about 330 people a year.
South Africa’s hopes for a raft of new power projects to help it out of a crippling energy crisis are fading.