Newly appointed Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has backed Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe’s view that coal will remain at the base of South Africa’s energy supply.
, Ramokgopa said there was no possibility of discounting coal, nuclear and gas as the country’s energy base load.
“Coal is not about to disappear, gas is not about to go, nuclear is part of the future. Of course, the share of renewables is growing exponentially compared to other energy sources for obvious reasons but we are keen to ensure we have the minimum available electricity at any given time as required in the country,” Ramokgopa told theThe comments could indicate that the new minister will side with Mantashe in the cold war brewing over the energy sector.
In a recent tell-all interview with eNCA, De Ruyter shot back, claiming the ANC was using Eskom as a “feeding trough”. Soon after, Eskom said De Ruyter was leaving immediately, before the end of his notice period, and appointed chief financial officer Calib Cassim as interim CEO.while he would not interfere with the board’s process of hiring a new CEO, it needed to be done “yesterday”. He said the board was a group of competent men and women who had done “exceptionally well for themselves”.
Some thought Mantashe and Mbalula diminished the new role by calling the soon-to-be minister a “project manager”. Reacting to this, Ramokgopa — known in ANC circles as a technocrat — said he would approach his new job like a portfolio manager with executive powers. “If it takes R38 million to solve the economy or the cost of unsafe energy, which is computed to be R500 billion, so be it.
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