12 500 MW to be added to the grid in 18 months, says Ramokgopa

Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said he expected 12,500 megawatts of power to be added to the grid in the next 18 months.

Briefing the media during the ANC national executive committee meeting in Boksburg on Saturday, the minister conceded load shedding would not be eradicated by December.

He outlined part of his plan to de-escalate rolling power cuts in the next 18 months.

Ramokgopa said one of the interventions would be to protect national key points from power cuts.

He said the process to assess key points will begin in seven days time.

-EWN

In other news – Faith Nketsi’s husband on the run as he flees his Hyde Park mansion

Troubled business mogul Nzuzo Njilo is allegedly on the run after the South African Police Service issued a warrant of arrest against him. A local publication has it that Njilo has since vacated his multimillion-rand Hyde Park mansion in the leafy suburbs of Johannesburg amid a police search.

Reports have it that the mansion was sold over a month ago. In the wake of these developments, little is known about his whereabouts, given that the mansion’s address was his last known address. Learn More