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Speaking on CapeTalk, Ramokgopa said he will meet stakeholders within the next 20 days to formulate a detailed implementation plan.

“We will be committing ourselves as the stakeholders in the energy space to a timeline. We are going to resolve load-shedding,” he said.

He said he knows there have been attempts to ridicule the appointment of an electricity minister. 

“The president wants someone who will eat, live and breathe the resolution of this problem,” he said. 

Ramokgopa said he was humbled by the vote of confidence given to him by Ramaphosa. 

“We have a mammoth task ahead of us to resolve the energy crisis that confronts our country.

“In the immediate, we have a primary responsibility to turn around the performance of existing power stations and stabilise our energy supply while adding new capacity to the grid.” 

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