Mantashe’s hopes of controlling Eskom dashed as a new minister is set to take over

reported that Mantashe said he was unaffected by the decision. “I cannot be unhappy with an announcement that does not impact the department. I would be worried if we were told you’re breaking mining and energy. That’s not what was announced.”asked a number of leaders for their views on the decision to create a new ministerial position. , who is taking the government to court for the impact of load-shedding on the country, questioned why there was a need for an additional minister.

“Delineating clear responsibilities will be important, particularly between the ministers of energy and electricity. We hope the new minister will be able to accelerate the processes needed to address both the short-term imperative of addressing load-shedding and the longer-term need to increase the country’s electricity generation capacity at a faster pace,” BLSA said.

“In a time of crisis, we need a single point of command and a single line of march. Just as we address the cause of the crisis, we also need to address its impact. The crisis has progressively evolved to affect every part of society,” Ramaphosa said. He said under the state of disaster, critical infrastructure like hospitals and water treatment plants would also be exempt fromThis move was widely criticised by industry experts who argued that Eskom’s situation could’ve been dealt with, without declaring the state of disaster. Others, like political economist Lisa Thompson, said the state of the disaster would protect the country from complete economic collapse.

“At least we may be protected from complete economic disaster over the coming year … that’s sort of a national state of security blanket,” she said.

so an old 80 year old woman is managing energy? the same energy she gets for free. is that not bit like an old apprentice engineer watching you doing heart surgery?

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