- President Ramaphosa established a panel to address governance failures in South Africa.
- Ramaphosa has set deadlines for the Eskom restructuring plan, which involves the unbundling of the company to create a Transmission System Operator (TSO).
Ramaphosa endorsed a plan to remove the operator from Eskom, South Africa's electricity utility.
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What happened
Ramaphosa endorsed a plan to remove the operator from Eskom, South Africa's electricity utility.
Who's involved
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Ramaphosa has set deadlines for the Eskom restructuring plan, which involves the unbundling of the company to create a Transmission System Operator (TSO).Also in this story
- Ramaphosa has taken concrete steps to restructure Eskom, including setting up a task force and issuing an RFP.
- Advocates are pushing for Eskom unbundling to boost competition, noting both Eskom and Telkom are state monopolies in transition.
- A new agency has been established to mirror and address Eskom's operational risks.
- The President oversees the task team regarding the future of Eskom, while Mteto Nyati assumes the role of Eskom's chair.
Within President Ramaphosa established a panel to address governance failures in South Africa.
The entities involved
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Eskom
electricity utility in South Africa
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South Africa
country in southern Africa
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Cyril Ramaphosa
President of South Africa since 2018
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