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Officials in the Presidency are calling ministers and officials every day to remind them to sign key approvals and exemptions as a new urgency to give Eskom "all the help it needs" sets in amid a deepening energy crisis.
During a briefing on Tuesday, Rudi Dicks, head of the project management office in President Cyril Ramaphosa's private office, explained the National Energy Crisis Committee’s (NECOM) efforts to help Eskom and the country break through the regulatory tangle that has prevented key interventions.
NECOM was set up by Ramaphosa in August to steer the country away from the energy crisis and end load shedding. Recently, as load shedding again reached stage 6, Ramaphosa apparently gave ministers and officials from various departments "a tongue lashing", calling on processes to be completed much faster.
