Ramokgopa was appointed minister early last month, but Ramaphosa has yet to promulgate a gazette setting out his powers.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has hinted to parliament what minister of electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa’s responsibilities will be — and procurement will not be one of them.
On Thursday, ANC MP Khayalethu Magaxa asked Ramaphosa to outline Ramokgopa’s strategy to shield South Africa from stage 7 or 8 load-shedding this winter.will focus on energy generation while public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan will ensure that there is a transmission company. Mineral resources minister Gwede Mantashe will keep an eye on policy and procurement, said Ramaphosa.
“The minister of electricity has his work cut out and finalisation, which is due to be announced very shortly, of actually all the mandate matters that he has to attend to, set out precisely exactly what he is meant to do.”Ramaphosa said lifting the national state of disaster on the energy crisis will not impede the minister’s work.
“They include matters of generation and the identification of the type of energy source we need. Thereafter, co-operating with the minister of minerals and resources and energy for the procurement process. Once it has been procured, the minister of electricity will ensure that it is implemented.“He will deal with matters such as the financial close and also ensure that once there is financial close and it is implemented, the grid or transmission is ready.
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