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Mineral resources and energy minister Gwede Mantashe says Eskom should focus on power station maintenance to increase generation from its existing capacity. File photo.Image: Jeffrey Abrahams/Gallo Images

Eskom can be fixed within the next 6 to 12 months, claims Mantashe

With the country plunged into stage 6 load-shedding and electricity tariff hikes on the cards, mineral resources and energy minister Gwede Mantashe claims Eskom can be fixed within the next six to 12 months. Speaking on eNCA, Mantashe…

Mineral resources and energy minister Gwede Mantashe is implicated in the state capture report. File photo.Image: Freddy Mavunda

Four big names implicated in volume 3 of the state capture report

Former president Jacob Zuma‚ mineral resources and energy minister Gwede Mantashe‚ former minister Nomvula Mokonyane and late Bosasa CEO Gavin Watson are among the prominent names implicated in the third volume of the state capture…

Director-general in the presidency Phindile Baleni receives the nearly 1,000-page third volume of the state capture inquiry report from inquiry secretary Prof Itumeleng Mosala. File image.Image: Siyabulela Duda/GCIS

‘We should not be Ramaphosa shocked’ — SA reacts to third volume of state capture report

The third instalment of the state capture report released by inquiry chairperson Raymond Zondo to the presidency has been met with mixed reaction and questions online. The report focuses on evidence related to the controversial catering…

Mineral resources and energy minister Gwede Mantashe said he has no ambition to be deputy president of the ANC and the country.Image: Baba Jiyane

Mantashe says deputy president job needs someone ‘younger and more energetic’ than him

Mineral resources and energy minister Gwede Mantashe has dismissed claims about running for deputy president of the ANC and SA‚ saying he is too old for the job. Speaking to City Press over the weekend‚ Mantashe made it known he had no…

NEW DEVELOPMENT: Mineral resources minister Gwede Mantashe , second from left, with Thembisile Hani Integrated Energy Centre chair Sylvia Twani, PetrolSA CEO Praggassen Naidoo and centre manager Tembile Matiwane during the Thembisile Hani Integrated Energy Centre launch in Qamata on Thursday Picture: ABONGILE SOLUNDWANA

Mantashe launches energy centre: Qamata project finally opens

The R16m Thembisile Hani Integrated Energy Centre (IeC), viewed as a catalyst for generating economic development in Qamata, was finally launched on Thursday. The centre, on the R16 near Cofimvaba, has 14 employees. This followed after…

Mineral resources and energy Minister Gwede MantasheImage: ESA ALEXANDER

Mantashe discharged from hospital

Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe has been discharged from hospital, according to cabinet spokesperson Phumla Williams. The minister tested positive for Covid-19 on 14 July 2020 and went into self-quarantine. On 20…

The ANC on Thursday dismissed rumours that mineral resources and energy minister Gwede Mantashe had died after contracting Covid-19.Image: ESA ALEXANDER/SUNDAY TIMES

Gwede Mantashe is not dead: ANC

Minister of minerals and energy Gwede Mantashe is alive and well. This was confirmed by the African National Congress (ANC) on Thursday, which dismissed online claims that he had died. Mantashe was recently diagnosed with Covid-19 and…

Mineral resources and energy minister Gwede Mantashe. File picture.Image: Simphiwe Nkwali

Gwede Mantashe tests positive for Covid-19

Mineral resources and energy minister Gwede Mantashe has tested positive for Covid-19. His positive test was confirmed in a statement on behalf of cabinet on Tuesday night. The minister’s wife Nolwandle Mantashe also tested positive.…