SA needs to move much quicker to deliver new transmission infrastructure that will connect more megawatts to the grid than envisaged in Eskom’s current transmission development plan, electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says.

He told journalists this week that Eskom’s plans to build 1,400km of new transmission lines over the next three years are not sufficient and at least 6,000km should be built over this period...

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