Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa discusses his tireless efforts to stabilise South Africa's energy supply, including tackling embedded crime in Eskom.
There is no free day and no long weekend for Ramokgopa., the energetic, passionate and hard-working minister this week spoke frankly about the challenges of the high-pressure job, his achievements, vision and the toll it is taking on his family.has chewed up and spat out chief executives by the armful, the latest being André de Ruyter, but Ramokgopa remains buoyant in a sea of despair.
He is confident the new generation capacity being lined up through the bid windows being coordinated by Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe will make a difference,“ as long as we locate projects in areas of great capacity”. “This is not helping us a lot during the day, in relation to new generation capacity, especially because a lot of people using solar do not have storage capacity.
Bringing Kusile back to the original design by December 2024 has meant requesting special permission to be exempt from pollution commitments because getting the station back up to speed meant bypassing systems which helped remove sulphur emissions from the exhaust gases.
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