SA’s ‘Energy War Room’ to meet for first time
The team – which is headed by Deputy President David Mabuza and includes the ministers of finance, energy and public enterprises – will meet on Thursday, according to the deputy president’s office, which didn’t give further detail.
The so-called war room was previously established in 2014 to tackle the power shortages that have dogged the country since 2008 and was tasked with improving maintenance of power plants and the payment of debts to state-power utility Eskom by state companies and municipalities. While neither issue has been resolved, Eskom’s new CEO Andre de Ruyter has made maintenance a priority, saying it is necessary to boost and stabilise power generation in coming years.
Source: moneyweb.co.za