Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa is South Africa's Minister of Electricity and Energy, heading the Department of Electricity and Energy (DEE) within national government. In this role he is responsible for setting energy policy, overseeing Eskom as shareholder representative, and driving the country's response to the electricity crisis and energy transition. He has been central to reforms unbundling Eskom's transmission business into the National Transmission Company South Africa and to what he terms the 'Eskom 2.0' vision, under which Eskom is expected to adapt to government policy. Ramokgopa regularly issues Ministerial determinations under the Electricity Regulation Act that authorise public procurement of new generation capacity, including recent allocations for battery energy storage systems and gas-to-power plants, and has opened such procurement to Eskom's planned renewables subsidiary, Eskom Green. He has championed addressing curtailment of renewable generation through grid expansion, battery storage and potential electricity exports to the Southern African Development Community, including a proposed supply deal with Zambia. He has also promoted South Africa's beneficiation ambitions, including rare earths and thorium projects such as Steenkampskraal, and the development of data centres in the country. Ramokgopa frequently addresses industry gatherings such as Windaba, outlining government's megatrends analysis for the electricity sector, and asserts that the State is not outcome-neutral in pursuing socioeconomic and industrial development through electricity policy.
Kgosientsho Ramokgopa Updates
Lack of gas-supply assurances sees no gas-to-power bidders selected in SA’s first bid window 
By: Terence Creamer 28th October 2026 Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has confirmed that none of the four bidders that made submissions under South Africa’s... →
Nomfundo Maseti appointed as acting Nersa CEO
By: Terence Creamer 26th October 2026 Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has appointed Nomfundo Maseti as Acting CEO of the National Energy Regulator of South... →
Ekurhuleni secures approval to procure 2 400 MW from IPPs weeks before election
By: Terence Creamer 19th October 2026 The City of Ekurhuleni in Gauteng, which is a key manufacturing and logistics hub, has secured a Section 34 Ministerial determination under the... →
Clearing the air
By: Terence Creamer 9th October 2026 Eskom’s newly reappointed chairperson Dr Mteto Nyati is correct in having identified electricity affordability as a key priority for the Eskom... →
New determination opens way for public procurement of large-scale battery storage and gas-to-power
By: Terence Creamer 7th October 2026 Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says 4 600 MW of battery energy storage systems (BESS) and 5 000 MW of gas-to-power (GtP)... →
Ramokgopa outlines megatrends in South Africa's electricity sector
By: Rebecca Campbell 6th October 2026 In his keynote address to the 2026 Windaba wind power conference, being held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, Electricity and... →
Eskom to facilitate construction of more data centres in South Africa, Ramokgopa tells Windaba delegates
By: Rebecca Campbell 6th October 2026 Power utility Eskom will soon make a major announcement about facilitating the construction of data centres in South Africa. This was announced by... →
Joburg's City Power needs capable people, control of its revenue and the private sector – CDE
By: Schalk Burger 29th September 2026 Johannesburg’s troubled electricity utility City Power’s infrastructure is deteriorating, its finances are precarious, much of the bulk electricity... →
Draft electricity pricing policy published, SAWEM start needs to be set – BLSA
By: Schalk Burger 28th September 2026 While the recently published draft Electricity Pricing Policy, which is due to be finalised by March 2027, will support a competitive electricity... →
Reappointed Nyati links Eskom unbundling to board’s new top priority of electricity affordability
By: Terence Creamer 25th September 2026 Eskom chairperson Dr Mteto Nyati, whose term has been extended by a further three years, says the board’s top priority has shifted from... →
