Govt legal teams are still trying to figure out what the electricity minister's job should be | News24

Discussions between legal teams from the Presidency, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy, and the Department of Public Enterprises are the last stumbling block before President Cyril Ramaphosa proclaims powers to aid his electricity minister in his mammoth task of solving South Africa's load shedding problems.

While reports have suggested that the holdup in Ramaphosa not assigning powers to Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa have been caused by Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe and Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan refusing to relinquish some of their responsibilities, the ANC has suggested that such delays were more of a legal nature.

Explaining the conundrum on Saturday at the ANC national executive committee meeting, the party's economic transformation subcommittee chairperson Mmamoloko Kubayi said the snag was now at the level of legal teams from the Presidency, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy, and those from the Department of Public Enterprises who were locked in engagements.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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