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Ministers have become political mouthpieces instead of elected officials who oversee structural reforms, writes Nolwandle Mthombeni.

Mineral resources minister Gwede Mantashe has stuck to his guns on the characterisation of the soon-to-be appointed minister of electricity.

I had no idea things were so desperate, and that’s after knowing what miserable shape the country is in. Car crashes, opportunistic criminals, rotting food, decomposing bodies, bankrupt business...

Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe, has outlined areas of immediate focus in addressing rolling blackouts but remains scant on specifics.

Eskom is searching within the company and the world for the CEO who will replace Andre De Ruyter.

While government wants to end load shedding before the end of the year, the Eskom board is sticking to a two-year plan to boost operations.

Now is not the time to spectate and wallow in despair over load shedding. It is the time to turn our anger into activism, writes Mmusi Maimane.

A new plan to turn around Eskom's plant performance is not offering many new solutions, but a sizeable influx of private power may help to ease the pain.

Eskom announced that load shedding would be permanently implemented over the next two years as part of their plan to increase the Energy Availability Factor and end power cuts.

The suffering caused by load shedding is expected to be minimal during the Winter season, Eskom announced: