Many ANC leaders were surprised by the appointment of an electricity minister, with some saying the new minister would merely serve as a temporary “project manager”.
There has been growing concern over President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement that the government will be looking to appoint an ‘electricity minister’ to deal specifically with the energy crisis in South Africa.
Ramaphosa’s move ruffled some feathers within the ruling party ANC by going against a recent caucus decision to shift Eskom to the energy ministry – headed by the minister of mineral resources and energy Gwede Mantashe. He viewed the newly created electricity ministry as nothing but a project management intervention to deal specifically with load-shedding, reported the Sunday Times.
He added that the announcement does not change the ANC 55th national conference resolution for Eskom to be moved to his department.
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