President Cyril Ramaphosa will resolve newly appointed Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa's functions and powers speedily, with engagements between ministers taking centre stage. | JasonFelix
This is according to Ramaphosa’s spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya, who on Wednesday briefed journalists on the president's public programme for the coming weeks.
“The minister has led very important debates on what we need to consider as a country as we tackle our energy crisis. He has also engaged a number of stakeholders as well as cooperating with the understanding that government alone cannot solve this crisis,” he said.The new electricity minister will suffer no oversight, at least not until ANC MPs get a trip abroad
“The president is satisfied [with what] the minister has been able to do thus far. There is a sense of speed and urgency across the board in the implementation of the energy action plan that the president announced last year,” he said. ANC economic transformation subcommittee chairperson Mmamoloko Kubayi said discussions between legal teams from the Presidency, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy and the Department of Public Enterprises were still ironing out which powers should be delegated to Ramokgopa.
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