President Cyril Ramaphosa said that coal provided 80% of the country s energy needs and government had no plans to exclude it from its future energy mix.
During the debate, opposition parties urged President Cyril Ramaphosa not to appoint a new electricity minister, saying it would only add to an already bloated mega presidency .
Parliament and the security cluster will be on alert ahead of President Cyril Ramaphosa's parliamentary reply to the recent state of the nation address debate on Thursday, says minister in the presidency Mondli Gungubele.
President Cyril Ramaphosa was back in the Cape Town City Hall's hot seat on Thursday afternoon for his response to the debate on his state of the nation address (Sona).