New electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa confident that he will resolve loadshedding, even though it's a 'daunting' job. 💡 Click here to see what he said ⬇️
Newly appointed Minister of Electricity Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa flanked by President Cyril Ramaphosa and Deputy President Paul Mashatile. Photo: Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
Newly appointed Minister of Electricity Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said he is ready to serve South Africa and begun his work to help Eskom resolve load shedding. was officially sworn in as Electricity Minister on Tuesday night, after being appointed to the portfolio during a Cabinet reshuffle by President Cyril Ramaphosa.crisis which has seen the deliberate power cuts spike to unprecedented stages in recent months.
Speaking after his swearing in ceremony, Ramokgopa said he will not be introducing a new energy action plan.said when he was introducing the minister last night, we are not introducing a new plan. There’s existing energy action plan in the country. So, all I am assigned to do is the delivery of that energy action plan within the time frames that we have committed ourselves to.”
“And that will be the basis for me reporting to the country, to what extent we are achieving the energy action plan,” Ramokgopa said.
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