What makes SA's new electricity minister tick: his mom, football and a passion to succeed

30 Mar

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Kgosientsho Ramokgopa is the man tasked with the unenviable job of sorting out loadshedding. (PHOTO: Corrie Hansen)

We know he has four degrees and is a former mayor of Tshwane.

We know he’s held other portfolios in government and has had success in business.

And we know he’s the country’s first minister of electricity, tasked with banishing loadshedding and sorting out the mess that is Eskom. But who is Kgosientsho Ramokgopa really?

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