Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has attacked South Africa’s $8.5-billion climate finance pact with rich countries.
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Eskom increased the level of load shedding further on Monday because of poorly performing power stations.
South Africa will prioritise the expansion of its electricity grid, said electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa.
A power-project developer is seeking to block new rules governing the connection of plants to the grid, saying they are flawed.
Once again, the weather has beaten Eskom, with the state-owned utility set to ramp up load shedding for the weekend.
Eskom has announced that due to the breakdown of eight generating units, load shedding is being ramped up again.
Eskom has cancelled agreements and contracts valued at R11-billion as authorities crack down on crime at the utility.
Jan Oberholzer has quit the state-owned utility and will leave at the end of the month.
Eskom will continue to impose load shedding at stage 6 – equalling the worst cuts the utility has imposed.
Companies yet to complete financing arrangements to build 1.85GW of generation capacity may soon lose the right to connect to the national grid.