President Cyril Ramaphosa has defended his plans to appoint a minister of electricity in his office.
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The new electricity minister will assume full responsibility for overseeing all aspects of the country’s response to crippling power cuts, President Cyril Ramaphosa said.
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The rand slid on Monday after ratings agency Moody’s flagged risks from crippling power cuts and as the dollar advanced.
Eskom is seeking approval to release more of the pollutant linked to ailments ranging from asthma to heart attacks.
President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a state of disaster on Thursday to fight South Africa’s paralysing power crisis. What does it mean exactly?
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s declaration of a state of disaster over the energy crisis resorts to a measure that resulted in massive squandering of public funds.
The rand is headed for a fourth weekly loss versus the dollar. The currency’s underperformance is specific to South Africa.
Self-generation of electricity by businesses and households is likely to reduce rolling blackouts without compromising Eskom’s business model, a top economist said.
Consumers will face much higher prices unless the government urgently finds solutions to the power cuts that are crippling the economy, an industry group has warned.