Cabinet has received the final integrated resource plan and the proposed new appointments for the Eskom board, Communications Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane said at a post-Cabinet media briefing on Thursday. She said Energy Minister David Mahlobo and Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown would make announcements on the decisions. The minister said Cabinet had approved the regulations on mediation rules in terms of the Protection of Investment Act. The regulations provide for investors who have a dispute over government action affecting their investments to request the Department of Trade and Industry to intervene with a possible mediation mechanism. Cabinet approved the framework for the establishment of a national broadband network company that will be formed out of the merger of Sentech and Broadband Infraco. Kubayi-Ngubane said this would facilitate the roll-out of the interdependent elements of the system in a co-ordinated manner and “create a national broadband champion”. ...
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