kgosientsho ramokgopa

  1. Jan

    Plan to add 3,800MW to the grid and pay estates and businesses R3 million for every megawatt saved

    South Africa's plan to pay R3 million for every megawatt saved — and add 3,800MW to the grid Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says South Africa should be able to bring 3,800MW of additional generation capacity onto the grid in the near future, with 400MW expected to come online by the...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    The government of flip-flops — Mantashe says load-shedding could stop by end of 2023

    The government of flip-flops — Mantashe says load-shedding could stop by end of 2023 Energy minister Gwede Mantashe says he believes it is still possible to bring an end to load-shedding by the end of the year. This is despite electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokhopa stating that it is...
  4. Jan

    Conflict of interest threatens electricity minister's Eskom diesel plan

    Eskom's big diesel problem Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says Eskom will raise R30 billion to fund diesel sourced directly from wholesalers. However, this would mean a loss of revenue for PetroSA — a state-owned company reporting to energy minister Gwede Mantashe — and the deal...
  5. Jan

    Ramokgopa admits load-shedding won't stop by end-2023

    Impossible to stop load-shedding by end of 2023, admits Ramokgopa South African electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says it is impossible to stop load-shedding by the end of 2023. The admission came at the ANC's national executive committee meeting in Boksburg on Saturday, 702 reports.
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    Electricity minister has no powers to tackle load-shedding

    Electricity minister has no powers to tackle load-shedding South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is facing increasing pressure to hand powers to his new electricity minister and enable him to make decisions to stave off more intense blackouts as peak winter demand looms. Two months after...
  7. Hanno Labuschagne

    Finance minister says Eskom won't get extra money

    Finance minister says Eskom won't get extra money South African finance minister Enoch Godongwana ruled out additional state funding for debt-laden power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., underscoring the government’s disjointed approach to resolving the nation’s debilitating energy crisis...
  8. Jan

    Ramokgopa says three power stations are the best chance to end load-shedding

    Fixing three Eskom power stations could end load-shedding Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said Eskom’s Hendrina, Tutuka and Kusile power stations present the best opportunity to take South Africa out of load-shedding. The minister said this during a tour of power stations in...
  9. Jan

    Ramokgopa warns that Eskom expects 8,000MW to 10,000MW shortfall in winter

    Electricity minister's stage 10 load-shedding warning South Africa could face stage 10 load-shedding this winter if Eskom cannot improve its generation capacity, with electricity minister Kgosientso Ramokgopa warning that the power utility expects a shortfall of 8,000MW to 10,000MW. Ramokgopa...
  10. Jan

    Irregular, fruitless, and wasteful expenditure - Eskom's R940,000 oil container that should have been R80,000

    Eskom's wasted money — R860,000 overpaid on oil container and the R200,000 mop Finance minister Enoch Godongwana recently exempted Eskom from reporting irregular and wasteful expenditure in its financial statements for three years. This is despite former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter disclosing...
  11. Jan

    Kgosientsho Ramokgopa responds to stage 8 load-shedding warnings

    Stage 8 load-shedding — electricity minister addresses concerns Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said that, based on the evidence in front of him, he does not anticipate significantly higher stages of load-shedding during winter this year. “If we don’t get an extremely cold winter...
  12. Jan

    Kgosientsho Ramokgopa: I'm an engineer [and De Ruyter was not]

    Electricity minister takes aim at André de Ruyter eNCA journalist Heidi Giokos asked how Eskom had gone from De Ruyter's dire warning of higher stages of load-shedding a few weeks ago to a steady improvement in its coal fleet — resulting in load-shedding being suspended over the weekend...
  13. Jan

    Electricity minister says De Ruyter is wrong about corruption at Kusile

    André de Ruyter wrong about corruption at Kusile — Minister of Electricity Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa told media on Monday that the problems at Eskom’s Kusile power station have nothing to do with corruption and are purely technical. Ramokgopa embarked on a power station tour...
    • Jan
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  14. Jan

    Electricity minister meets Chinese ambassador to discuss load-shedding

    Electricity minister asks China for help to fight load-shedding Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has met with the Chinese ambassador to South Africa to discuss areas of collaboration to end load-shedding. President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed Ramokgopa as the new energy minister on 7...
  15. Jan

    Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa meets with network bosses

    Minister of Electricity meets with Vodacom and MTN South Africa’s newly-minted Minister of Electricity, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, met with mobile network operators on Thursday. “This morning I met with mobile network operators to understand their energy needs, as it relates to the protections of...
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