Kgosientso Ramokgopa, Gwede Mantashe, and Pravin Gordhan are set to meet this week to try to resolve the impasse.
Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa is at loggerheads with energy minister Gwede Mantashe and public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan over the powers he is to be granted to solve the load-shedding crisis, the Sunday TimesPresident Cyril Ramaphosa has not officially designated Ramokgopa’s powers, causing contention over whether he will be placed in control of procurement and financing and slowing the country’s proposed rapid transition to renewable energy sources.
However, a letter sent to Mantashe by Ramaphosa allegedly made it clear that Mantashe would “have to cede all powers regarding energy to Ramokgopa”. “When I appointed the minister of electricity, I made it absolutely clear what the roles of the three ministers would be,” the Sunday Times quoted him as saying.
“The appointed minister will have political responsibility, authority, and control over all critical aspects of the Energy Action Plan,” he said.
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