Browsing: Kgosientsho Ramokgopa

The health of South Africa’s electricity system is improving, electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has claimed.

The electricity minister is finally getting authority over the board and management of Eskom on ending blackouts.

TechCentral’s Newsmakers of the Year are CIVH chairman Pieter Uys and Maziv and Vumatel CEO Dietlof Mare.

South Africa will start a procurement process for an additional 2.5GW of nuclear power, the electricity minister said.

Eskom announced last month that it would hand over responsibility for implementing load shedding to City Power.

Stage-6 blackouts will be implemented with immediate effect and will continue until at least Monday.

Eskom will use a portion of $12.5-billion in multilateral loans to deliver power to areas where the grid is overloaded.

ANC SG Fikile Mbalula has reiterated a discredited claim that an $8.8-billion climate finance pact is responsible for load shedding.

President Cyril Ramaphosa will allocate more powers to Kgosientsho Ramokgopa in an effort to end the power crisis.

South Africa will miss its binding 2030 carbon emissions targets under the Paris climate agreement.