{"id":968316,"date":"2024-07-03T09:24:14","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T09:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/dm-simulator-v2\/?p=968316"},"modified":"2024-07-03T09:24:14","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T09:24:14","slug":"access-to-eskom-information-will-help-resolve-energy-crisis-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/access-to-eskom-information-will-help-resolve-energy-crisis-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Access to Eskom information will help resolve energy crisis\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\">&lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Electricity and Energy Deputy Minister Samantha Graham says having access to information on Eskom will help them resolve the country\u2019s energy crisis and ensure that there is no corruption.<\/p>\n<p>She spoke to <em>SABC News<\/em> in Cape Town ahead of a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sabcnews.com\/sabcnews\/zondo-to-preside-over-swearing-in-of-deputy-president-ministers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> swearing-in ceremony of newly appointed Cabinet members.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The power utility has in the past blamed its problems on sabotage and theft of coal by organised gangs.<\/p>\n<p>Graham is joining Electricity and Energy Minister Dr. Kgosientsho Ramokgopa who has been reappointed to his position.<\/p>\n<p>Graham says she is looking forward to working with Ramokgopa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always had respect for Dr. Ramokgopa and certainly he has proven himself irrespective of what we\u2019ve called him out on. He has proven himself, we are nearing 100 days without load shedding and there\u2019s no indication that there\u2019s anything nefarious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we\u2019ve got the information we need, it makes it so much easier for us to understand what\u2019s happening to do the oversight that is required, to ensure there\u2019s proper accountability and ensure that there\u2019s no corruption happening,\u201d Graham adds.<\/p>\n<h4>Related video: Eskom CEO Dan Marokane on Generation Recovery Plan:<\/h4>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_VYoQ5ptOJo?si=7O6Zq2i7PJPhGc9h\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: &lt; 1 minute Electricity and Energy Deputy Minister Samantha Graham says having access to information on Eskom will help them resolve the country\u2019s energy crisis and ensure that there is no corruption. She spoke to SABC News in Cape Town ahead of a swearing-in ceremony of newly appointed Cabinet members. The power utility [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":968317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1895],"tags":[3159,3160,3161,503],"class_list":["post-968316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-electricity-and-energy-deputy-minister","tag-eskom-ceo-dan-marokane","tag-sabc-news-in-cape-town","tag-samantha-graham"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=968316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/968317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=968316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=968316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=968316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}