President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the launch of the latest Operation Vulindlela report, detailing the progress his government has made in introducing reforms across South Africa in the first three months of 2022.
Ramaphosa set up Operation Vulindlela in October 2020 as an initiative of the Presidency and National Treasury to accelerate structural reforms in these network industries. While the responsible government departments and entities drive these reforms, Operation Vulindlela monitors and identifies challenges and blockages.Some of the major achievements announced by Ramaphosa include:for mobile telecommunications was delayed for more than 10 years and was finally completed in March.
“The best example of this is in the energy sector, where a number of important, interconnected reforms are underway to change the way that we generate and consume electricity. Changes to the regulations on new generation capacity have allowed municipalities to procure power independently for the first time, Ramaphosa said,
“The process of unbundling Eskom is on track, with the entity meeting its December 2021 deadline for the establishment of a National Transmission Company. By December this year, we hope to complete the unbundling of Eskom’s generation and distribution divisions.”
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