Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa is expected to urge the NEC to give the green light to a plan that will see private companies taking over coal power stations. | QaanitahHunter
The ANC's national executive committee should not rule out any option to deal with the electricity crisis gripping the country on the basis of principle.
This is the plea of Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, who is expected to urge the NEC to give the green light to a plan that will see private companies taking over coal power stations as part of a plan to delay its decommissioning. "We have to be bold and decisive in how we deal with the crisis, in a manner that restores public confidence in our ability to be the championing of the solutions. My view is that all options must be on the table. There shouldn't be any option excluded on the basis of principle," he told News24 ahead of the four-day meeting. Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month.
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