Gwede Mantashe

2023 - 2 - 15

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SA's new minister of electricity: Gwede Mantashe, not intimidated (ESI Africa)

The announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa to appoint a Minister of Electricity in the Presidency comes as no surprise to Department of Mineral Resources ...

This stance aims to ensure there “should be no obstacles and limitations in addressing it [the loadshedding crisis],” said Mantashe. Mantashe stressed that the country does not have the luxury of waiting for 24 months to resolve loadshedding. “In project management, one will have clear timeframes, milestones, and a critical path which we must not deviate from.

Mantashe doubles down on characterisation of Electricity Minister as ... (Creamer Media's Engineering News)

Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has doubled down on his characterisation of the proposed Minister of Electricity as that of a project ...

[Eskom](/topic/eskom) and the electricity sector. [energy](/topic/energy) crisis. [Eskom](/topic/eskom) should be placed under the [Energy](/topic/energy) Minister. [Energy](/topic/energy) and Public Enterprises who block reform”. [Resources](/topic/resources) and [Energy](/topic/energy) Minister Gwede Mantashe has doubled down on his characterisation of the proposed Minister of Electricity as that of a [project](/topic/project) manager but has denied that such a portrayal reduces the authority of the appointee. [Energy](/topic/energy) Action Plan announced last year to tackle loadshedding, Mantashe argued that a [project](/topic/project) management approach emphasised “urgency of execution and delivery”.

Mantashe: Electricity minister's job is to improve problematic power ... (News24)

The new electricity minister will focus on improving Eskom's power stations, while Mineral Resources and Energy minister Gwede Mantashe will procure new ...

He said of the 4 200MW called for on bid window 6, only 1 000MW could go ahead due to grid constraints. This is communicating a sense of urgency and desire to resolve this problem because we don't have time to wait 24 months to resolve it," Mantashe said. The electricity minister would focus on improving the EAF as Eskom's six targeted power stations, which include five of the worst-performing stations, plus Kusile, which has been damaged and still needs to be completed. Mantashe said that he would soon issue new requests for proposals (RFPs) for a range of new generation capacities, and that his mandate was to focus on long-term energy security. Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has elaborated on the role of the new electricity minister, explaining that they would focus solely on improving Eskom's energy availability factor (EAF), while he remained responsible for all new procurement. - The new electricity minister will focus on improving Eskom's power stations, according to Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe.

'School will help them understand project management is not ... (TimesLIVE)

Mineral resources minister Gwede Mantashe has stuck to his guns on the characterisation of the soon-to-be appointed minister of electricity.

The total capacity of the registered generators is 1,664MW. “Under bid window 6 we procured 4,200MW, of which 1,000MW have been contracted.” “A total of 2,583MW have been procured under bid window 5, of which 1,759MW are under construction.

Electricity minister's role as project manager emphasises urgency ... (SowetanLIVE)

Mineral resources minister Gwede Mantashe and the DA have stuck to their guns on the energy crisis and how it could be resolved.

The DA must throw ideas and we use those ideas to get solutions.” “When the state of disaster was declared on February 9 2023 by the president, the same DA pronounced that they will take the ANC government to court and oppose the declaration of the state of disaster. We characterised it as a project management approach in dealing with a crisis.

Mantashe says new Electricity Minister's role will be like a project ... (SABC News)

Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe says the new Electricity Minister's role will be like a project manager.

“Many people ask what this appointment means, and we characterize it as an approach that can be defined as a project management approach in dealing with the crisis. Some people in the media say when we characterise it as a project management approach, we are reducing this ministry and its authority. The President said the appointment is in response to dealing with the energy crisis which has been declared a National State of Disaster.

SA doesn't have two years to wait for resolution of power crisis, says ... (Eyewitness News)

The country has seen high levels of power cuts over the past few months that have seen business closures - dealing the economy a hard blow.

That is how seriously the president takes this crisis." "Therefore, this is not reductionist. Mantashe said the power crisis is solvable and that one of the solutions is the commitment to also appoint a minister of electricity.