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Government to buy power from private suppliers Minister of Minerals and Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe says government will start buying power from private suppliers immediately and will gazette the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) 2019 on Friday.

says government will start buying power from private suppliers immediately and will gazette the Integrated Resource Plan 2019 on Friday.

The release of the IRP has coincided with Eskom’s latest unplanned outages at five of the utility’s generating units. Mantashe cautioned investors into thinking that the new IRP 2019 will completely eliminate coal run powered stations.The minister who was briefing the media on Friday says coal will remain a dominant energy supply, contributing almost 60% although its capacity will decline.

Government says it might add two additional small nuclear plants as part of its energy mix. This will provide an additional 2 500 Megawatts in the future. There’s interest in the role nuclear and coal-sourced energy will play in the plan.

 

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Private owners connected to MYANC finding money for their political sponsors

They don't have the guts to name the private suppliers and their owners because they are cANCer corrupt cronies and looters, I smell a Zupta. Escom is the cANCer govt's open piggy bank. That is what the ignorant masses voted for.

MMMagza So..... admitting they cant generate enough themselves?

I thing the money that was given to sabc was supposed to be given to eskom.

This guy is clueless yaz

This was the reason from the beginning for destroying ESkom,you wanted to dish money to independent producers.mxm

Sell this thing called Eskom, people wil start paying for electricity. Only few people pays electricity and all this mekhukhus are illigally connected and not paying. Eskom and municipal does not want cut electricity for them, cause they wil vote differently. Its bad.. 🤔

Strange....but we supply other countries

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