💡A string of academic qualifications, political history and an impressive career, who is the new minister of electricity Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa? TheCitizenNews cabinetreshuffle Find out more about him here⬇️
During his time at the University of Durban-Westville, Ramokgopa led the South African Student Congress .Ramokgopa formally entered politics as an ANC ward councillor in Tshwane, in the early 2000s., Ramokgopa held the position of CEO for both the Metropolitan Trading Company and the Johannesburg Market.Tenure as mayor
Ramokgopa returned to politics in 2010, when he was elected mayor of Tshwane, a position he held until 2016.Prior to being appointed as the head of investment and infrastructure in the Presidency in December 2019, Ramokgopa was the Gauteng MEC for Economic Development, Agriculture and Environment.
He will work with various departments and entities involved in the power crisis response, including Eskom leadership, to turn around the performance of existing power stations and speed up procurement of new generation capacity.and “will be able to issue directions to exclude critical facilities from load shedding”.
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