President Cyril Ramaphosa has assigned his minister of electricity the powers necessary to deal with the load-shedding crisis.
His spokesperson Vincent Magwenya on Friday confirmed Ramaphosa had signed a proclamation that transfers to the minister of electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa certain powers and functions in the Electricity Regulation Act.Though he has been visiting power stations and other stakeholders, Ramokgopa was effectively acting as a project manager as he had no real powers.
Sunday Times last month reported the stumbling block was over the powers to procure new energy sources for Eskom. The Presidency announced on Friday these powers, which are contained in the Electricity Regulations Act, have been transferred from Mantashe to Ramokgopa.
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