Eskom has welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s efforts to liberalise the energy sector, saying it will give the utility the space to increase maintenance.
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Telkom has gone to court to have President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to order a probe into alleged malfeasance at the company declared unconstitutional and invalid.
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday night scrapped licence rules for private power generators in a sweeping overhaul of the energy industry.
President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation on Monday evening about the energy supply crisis in South Africa and government’s plans to address the problem.
South Africa plans to try and resolve its chronic power shortage by making it easier for private companies to build plants and paying households and businesses to produce electricity from solar panels.
President Cyril Ramaphosa is racing to make an announcement as soon as Sunday that could include a plan to ramp up investment by the private sector.
South Africa is considering creating a second state-owned power company to compete with Eskom, President Cyril Ramaphosa said.
Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis on Monday published a 10-point plan that he said would go a long way to resolving South Africa’s energy crisis.
South Africa is preparing steps to accelerate an increase in electricity supply after Eskom implemented record load shedding.
There is no reason why a country like ours – with the skills, capabilities and resources we have at our disposal – should have to endure a shortage of electricity, writes Cyril Ramaphosa.