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Home Affairs Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, has welcomed a High Court Gauteng North judgment confirming that Atul Gupta is a fugitive from justice and therefore does not qualify for a South African passport, as the Department had contended.The Court issued the judgment on Friday. On 25 September 2018, having fled South Africa in the advent of the Gupta Leaks, Atul Gupta … [Read more...] about Motsoaledi welcomes judgment on Atul Gupta passport status

President Cyril Ramaphosa has moved to assure South Africans that government is using every means and resource at its disposal to get more capacity onto Eskom’s grid “as a matter of extreme urgency” with the Energy Action Plan at the core.The President was addressing the nation through his weekly newsletter after South Africans have been experiencing a sustained period of the … [Read more...] about Adding to Eskom capacity a matter of “extreme urgency” for government – Ramaphosa

Eskom Board Chairperson Mpho Makwana says the power utility is exploring the possibility of permanently implementing Stages 2 and 3 of load shedding over the next two years in order to give power stations the “headroom” to address power station maintenance and ensure predictability for South Africans.He was speaking during a virtual media briefing on the power utility’s system … [Read more...] about Eskom recovery will take some time

South Africa is not in any immediate danger of a total energy system-wide blackout.This is according to Eskom Chief Operating Officer Jan Oberholzer, who addressed a media briefing on Sunday. “Although the stages of load shedding have been high and for extended periods, this does not indicate that the power system is approaching a blackout. “As long as we are in load shedding … [Read more...] about Load shedding to persist, but blackout highly unlikely – Eskom

Government has announced a series of interventions aimed at solving the country’s worsening power crisis and easing the ongoing load shedding.Through the Presidency, the National Energy Crisis Committee (NECOM) on Saturday released a six-month update on progress in the implementation of the Energy Action Plan. Among these are Eskom’s programme to buy power from companies with … [Read more...] about Energy Crisis Committee releases progress report