Energy experts divided on Electricity Minister Ramokgopa's performance to date

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Kgosientsho Ramokgopa received harsh criticism from one expert, who said that the minister was ‘floundering all over the show’, while another defended the minister, saying that ending load shedding would take years.

JOHANNESBURG - Some energy analysts are divided on how Minister of Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has faired in his job as the country continues to battle crippling power cuts.

Ramokgopa was appointed as the inaugural minister of electricity over a month ago in a bid to respond to the electricity crisis brought on by a range of challenges at Eskom.Ramokgopa has since had several high-level meetings with management at the power utility and business leaders as he puts his implementation plan in motion."What did I expect? I expect nothing from somebody who’s got no experience - same as [André] De Ruyter, same expectation.

“Even on your station, he made a very big mistake by saying that Eskom needs 66,000 megawatts. That's a lot of nonsense because Eskom has only got 88,000 megawatts of power and they can't even get half of that.""I think we need to be patient. We need to understand that despite the hype and sometimes the over-promises by politicians, this is something that is going to take several years to sort out.

“It's not simply a case of flying in and waving a magic wand and all of a sudden things are going to come right. We are learning this the hard way."

 

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Until aptly qualified people make decisions, no improvement can be expected

Things are getting worse nothing is improving and lies every time they come to address the media

Another anc failure! What did you expect?

What 'energy experts '? We shouldn't be having the mess we're in if we had experts, I wonder just what is it they're divided on.

What performance. All he did was show his dancing skills

Things are WORSE

F A I L...

He was appointed as a spin doctor for the myanc and the facts on the ground just sabotaged that!!

What are his performance objectives as set out by cupcake?

Divided?Why?He has done exactly zero to improve the situation.Nada.

Disappointing, to say the least!

The reality is that nothing has changed. The only thing about him is that he's a good speaker, and the people don't need good speeches but a reliable ESKOM.

The one is a groovist forget he ever fux this electricity they are collapsing eskom because they want this satanic renewable energy that failed in Europe

Vote the ANC out of power

Zero out of 10. Waste of money.

Kgosientsho_R CyrilRamaphosa Eskom_SA A well paid Cadre who lives with constant supply of water&power What a useless government. Nothing works. Only finance dept work to collect our payment for municipal services taxes vehicle licenses fines etc but there are no improvements

I am not sure we have any experts left in SA

🤡 Dancing Queen

Maka hambe

What has he done since he's been there, danced all his way to the bank. ..

Pay back the salary for doing nothing

Sorry, what performance?

Don’t work in a few months time he will get a golden handshake of millions and put on permanent retirement. They don’t care that their reputation is tarred. They have the money in the bank

It’s all a manipulation just to undermine the work of de Ruyter. And if you don’t know that he is just a puppet then hey you all need to go learn about the strategies of the ANC. Remember where they are liberators. Not leaders

This guy is going to be used & he'll be drained out then chewed afterwards spewed like a sugerless gum, he's just a fall guy for ramasela the money launder to further the mandate of his handlers (wmc) to deliver Eskom to his brother inlaw motsepe & the ruperts the stellies mafia

Sputla is just a distraction. As soon he proclaimed that Eskom has no corruption I knew that he is there to defend ANC corruption . The fact is that Eskom's problems are people & not machinery. With dedicated, knowledgeable & honest employees, machine problems could solved easily

Divided how? 50% think poor. Other 50% think horribly poor?

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