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Dr. Kgosientsho Ramakgopa, Minister of Electricity and Energy

Ramokgopa celebrates 5-year load-shedding milestone, but warns, ‘we are not out of the woods yet’

Ramokgopa said one of the targets for the financial year 2025 was to improve South Africa’s energy availability factor to 70%

  • Umamah Bakharia
4 min read
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa

Performance of electricity grid disappointing, says Ramokgopa after more unit failures

The electricity minister said cabinet had given the nod to implementation of the Just Energy Transition Investment Plan

  • Umamah Bakharia
3 min read
Electricity and Energy Minister Kgotsientsho Ramokgopa was among a delegation of government officials and business leaders who sought to drive home that message during an investment session at the African CEO Forum in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, on Tuesday.

Ramokgopa hails progress on electricity but warns on Koeberg

The electricity minister says having both generating units at the nuclear power station offline would be a disaster

  • Umamah Bakharia
4 min read