Browsing: Kgosientsho Ramokgopa

The city and the energy department say the arrears are cleared and Eskom has dropped its threat to cut supply.

Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has outlined a major overhaul to South Africa’s electricity pricing policy.

There is a difference between acknowledging complexity and weaponising it to resist change, writes Busi Mavuso.

The transmission operator will own the assets outright, reversing a plan approved by the energy minister in December.

A quartet of newly approved projects is chasing spare grid capacity, not South Africa’s best solar resources.

Load shedding ended in 2025 – now the power cuts nobody talks about are ending, too.

The fight over who owns South Africa’s transmission grid has burst spectacularly into the open.

Johannesburg’s R5.3-billion debt threatens its power supply, but the even bigger fight is over structural electricity reform.

Eskom Green is targeting up to 32GW by 2040, with the board insisting it will partner private developers, not compete with them.

Eskom’s generation recovery is working, but unbundling has stalled and municipal debt signals deeper trouble.