Gwede Mantashe says the new electricity ministerial position does not affect him because the new minister, Kgosientsho “Sputla” Ramokgopa, will focus on Eskom, which was never under his authority but rather that of the public enterprises department.
Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe says the new electricity ministerial position does not affect him because the new minister, Kgosientsho “Sputla” Ramokgopa, will focus on Eskom, which was never under his authority but rather that of the public enterprises department.
Mantashe was briefing reporters on the sidelines of the Africa Energy Indaba in Cape Town on Tuesday where he said he hoped the duties between Ramokgopa and himself would be complementary instead of overlapping. Last month Mantashe said the electricity minister was “only a project manager”. But Gungubele said the appointee would have the last word on anything related to power.
He added that although the Karpowerships works in countries such as Ghana, Gabon, Côte d’Ivoire and Brazil, South Africa, “has chosen morals over energy and has opted to reject the Karpowerships”. The company has also been taken to court by environment activists. The Karpowership project has the support of Mantashe.
“Whether all environmental law will be swept aside, and I think the answer is no, and it is not our intention to start producing blanket exemptions from those provisions,” she said.
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