Ramaphosa

Africa's most industrialised economy being hit by daily power cuts as anger grows among opposition and public.

The 70-year-old centrist avoided impeachment after a parliamentary vote but he [remains accused of](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/01/south-africa-farmgate-scandal-what-is-it-and-why-does-it-matter-cyril-ramaphosa) holding undeclared foreign currency, tax evasion and misusing state resources. A series of poor decisions by senior officials of the ruling African National Congress party (ANC), which has been in power since 1994, has also exacerbated the crisis over the last decade. Under the South African political system, Ramaphosa will now lead the ANC into general elections in 2024. It relies on coal for about 80% of its power generation. increase is like a government jackboot pushing more of us under the surface,” Despite the blackouts, regulatory authorities recently announced they would allow Eskom to increase prices by almost a third over the next two years, prompting opposition politicians to call for protests. Other changes identified as necessary by experts and officials, including an increased use of renewable power sources, will take years to have a significant effect. “It’s time to hit the streets SA! He would now attend a series of meetings devoted to resolving the energy crisis instead, Magwenya said. There appears little prospect of immediate relief from the crisis. The power crisis in Africa’s most industrialised economy has been intensifying for several years. Many senior ANC officials appear unwilling to accept responsibility for their failures.

Jacob Zuma's six arguments for why President Cyril Ramaphosa must appear in court to face his private prosecution on Thursday have all been dismissed by the ...

Thando Makhubu's ice cream business once received a mention from President Cyril Ramaphosa after the Soweto man successfully built it using the R350 social ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa secured an urgent interdict from a full bench of the court on Monday, allowing him not to appear before a criminal court this ...

"This looks like a cooked judgment...so the lawyers are going to look into it because it has violated all the fundamentals of law. Zuma is attempting to privately prosecute his successor for allegedly being an accessory after the fact in his case against State prosecutor, Billy Downer, and journalist, Karyn Maughan. [Ramaphosa secured an urgent interdict](https://ewn.co.za/2023/01/16/ramaphosa-granted-interim-interdict-against-zuma-private-prosecution) from a full bench of the court on Monday, allowing him not to appear before a criminal court this week.

The president has earned the ire of academics and activists who fail to understand how he could possibly justify signing the so-called Just Energy ...

The war room looked at long-term solutions to load shedding. “The president was there at the war room when he was deputy president. “If the president doesn’t ask those questions, load shedding will remain a problem. “Germany has shown the world what has to be done. “He must be able to say, ‘You are betraying me. If you don’t demand answers, the bush will burn you.

President Cyril Ramaphosa is facing increased calls to quit after the Eskom board announced that it was not in a position to resolve South Africa's ...

The current Eskom board and the outgoing CEO had previously stated that even “within [24 ](https://mg.co.za/environment/2022-12-22-eskom-even-darker-days-ahead/)months, there is no guarantee that the available energy factor will be restored above 60% of South Africa’s generation capacity”, Malema said after an urgent parliamentary virtual meeting on the energy crisis. President Cyril Ramaphosa is facing increased calls to quit after the Eskom board announced that it was not in a position to resolve South Africa’s electricity crisis within the next 24 months.

The interdict means that Ramaphosa will not have to appear in the criminal court on Thursday as per the summons issued by Zuma. The interdict will remain in ...

Email [email protected] or call 0860 52 52 00. Questions or problems? Nobody is required to “subordinate themselves” to a private prosecution if the state has not issued a valid nolle prosecui (unwillingness to prosecute) certificate related to the criminal charge against them, the high court in Johannesburg said on Monday.

The announcement that President Cyril Ramaphosa has cancelled his trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos this week to deal with the load shedding crisis ...

It is a demonstration of how succeeding generations end up having to pay for problems that were created by the previous bunch. While this may be cause for optimism, it also raises questions about the ANC. And that rolling blackouts are there to protect the grid from a national shutdown, which could leave the entire country without power for between 15-17 days. About how it does not have the capacity to produce electricity, and that its power stations are prone to breakdowns. De Ruyter has said that sabotage amounts to “one or two” stages of load shedding. In other words, there may no longer be any kind of reforms that can be announced which will add serious generating capacity to the grid in just two years. She suggests that outgoing Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter never enjoyed the confidence of the governing party, which prevented things from moving quickly. At the same time, there are the first signs that opposition parties and others are now preparing to make the Eskom disaster a political issue. This gets to the heart of Mabuza’s weakness. There is nothing he can say to make a 50-year-old coal power plant run properly overnight. Perhaps he was not only worried about the flow of electricity. There are, however, tight limits on what the President can really achieve, and anyone expecting a short-term solution to South Africa’s power crisis will be disappointed.

Scores of social media users have questioned President Cyril Ramaphosa's cancellation of his Davos trip amid stage 6 load shedding.

It said the escalation was needed to preserve its limited generation reserves. “My chest literally ached as we threw away the contents of our chest freezer today. Johannesburg - Scores of social media users have questioned President Cyril Ramaphosa’s cancellation of his Davos trip amid stage 6 load shedding.