President Cyril Ramaphosa said his government is determined to tackle both the energy crisis and climate change together.
Author: SANews
The National Skills Fund is expected to launch a training package in digital skills for unemployed youth in South Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa said.
South Africa must forge its own path towards becoming a low carbon emissions economy, public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan said.
Eskom acting CEO Calib Cassim has warned that the power utility will not tolerate acts of violence against any of its employees.
Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said workers at Eskom are the ones who will resolve load shedding.
President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to announce a minister of electricity and a reshuffled cabinet “in a matter of days”.
Load shedding is expected to be reduced to stage 3 from 5am on Tuesday following the return to service of several generating units over the weekend.
Government has introduced a R9-billion tax relief programme to reduce the impact of load shedding and support South Africa’s clean energy transition.
National treasury warned it can’t just come up with the money needed to allow Eskom to fire up its open-cycle gas turbines.
South Africa recorded a 16.9% increase in the number of new Covid-19 cases detected in week 45 of 2022.