Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa

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Ramaphosa warns of continued vulnerability in South Africa’s electricity system

By Ragheema Mclean President Cyril Ramaphosa has warned that the possibility of load shedding cannot be ruled out despite recent improvements in the country's electricity supply. In his weekly newsletter, “From the Desk of the President,” published on Monday, Ramaphosa highlighted the ongoing challenges facing South Africa’s power system. Last Friday marked 100 days since the country last experienced load shedding, the longest continuous period without outages since 2020. This […]

today9 July 2024

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‘The donation is exactly that’: Ramokgopa clears the air on China’s R170m donation to South Africa

Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says there are no conditions attached to China's donations to South Africa. The Chinese government donated R170m in emergency power equipment and made available a grant of about R500m as development assistance to alleviate South Africa's energy crisis. On Wednesday Ramokgopa signed a joint memorandum of co-operation with Chinese entities on behalf of government. “The donation is exactly that,” he said at the Brics Summit in […]

today23 August 2023

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Ramokgopa says Karpowership projects can’t exceed five years

Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said that the emergency Karpowership projects could not exceed five years. The projects have come under heavy opposition and should they get the final go-ahead, will be for a period of 20 years. Ramokgopa said that South Africans could not be burdened with lengthy and costly “generational” contracts. The minister was giving an update on Friday on the implementation of an energy action plan to rid […]

today3 June 2023

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Citizens should settle for load shedding until end of year: Gordhan

Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan says citizens should settle for load shedding until the end of the year. Delivering his department’s budget vote in Parliament on Tuesday, Gordhan says the desired energy availability factor, which is set to end load shedding, is on track to be achieved in March 2025. He says, “We now know as a population and as an economy to settle for load shedding of a significant order […]

today24 May 2023

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