Since Kgosientsho Ramokgopa’s appointment, there have been questions about whether he’s the right person for the job and whether he will inject new energy for delivery in President Ramaphosa’s largely uninspiring Cabinet. Importantly, people want to ...
Considering that Ramokgopa largely struggled in the infrastructure world, he will arguably face more challenges in electricity generation, which is fraught with politics and vested interests.
Meanwhile, Godongwana wants Eskom’s coal-fired power stations to be concessioned to private operators. Though open to renewable energy sources, Gordhan is seen as a micromanager who tends to be involved in the day-to-day running of Eskom, going against best governance practices. From left: Gwede Mantashe, Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy. | Thembi Nkadimeng, Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. | Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. | Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan. Ramaphosa has pledged to transfer constitutional powers to Ramokgopa, empowering him to make decisions on energy matters and taking some powers away from Gordhan and Mantashe.
Organised business and labour were against the introduction of a ministry for electricity, seeing it as a duplication of existing roles in Ramaphosa’s bloated Cabinet. A so-called compromise was made by ANC structures to ease the conflict and Thoko Didiza stood in as a compromise candidate for the mayorship of Tshwane.MEC for Education in Gauteng Matome Chiloane, who was at the time ANC Youth League chairperson, heaped the blame on Ramokgopa for the violence, saying that he had failed to unite the ANC in the region.
Oupa Mtshweni, the founder of Concerned Residents for Service Delivery in Mamelodi, lambasted Ramokgopa for having failed to deliver services to the community of Mamelodi during his tenure as mayor.
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