SA Energy Minister stresses longevity of coal dependency
South Africa’s energy minister said expecting a rapid transition from its dependence on coal-fired power generation to clean energy would be “very wrong.”
South Africa’s energy minister said expecting a rapid transition from its dependence on coal-fired power generation to clean energy would be “very wrong.”
Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has admitted ESKOM lied to South Africans about load-shedding stages it was implementing.
Patrick McLaughlin focuses on the delayed parliamentary processing of the Electricity Regulation Amendment (ERA) Bill in South Africa…
Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has released the revised Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) for public input, outlining a two-horizon strategy.
South Africa is prepared for legal fights with environmental groups over the government’s plans to use ship-mounted power plants to resolve the nation’s blackout crisis.
Karpowership’s plans to provide electricity to South Africa through ship-mounted power plants are facing a port dispute and potential delays.
Intelligence reports have claimed that an assassination attempt on former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter may have come from former deputy president David Mabuza and/or Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe.
Global entrepreneur Rob Hersov shares his impassioned stance on why he is still doing his utmost to back South Africa despite everything.
Mantashe’s actions and utterances show him to be a constitutional delinquent but he’s secure in the knowledge that he is royal game.
Mantashe claims it is not the responsibility of the minister of energy to connect megawatts to the grid. ‘I am stating that as a fact,’ he said, although it isn’t a fact. It actually is the responsibility of the minister of energy to procure new generation capacity.