EDITORIAL: Does the electricity minister really need two R2m advisers?
Ramokgopa already has access to more than 100 officials as well as private and public sector experts in the National Energy Crisis Committee
20 September 2023 - 05:00
There is nothing irregular about minister of electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa having two full-time special advisers who each get paid about R2.1m per year, as he explained in response to a parliamentary question from the EFF.
However, unlike other ministers, Ramokgopa already has access to more than 100 high-level officials and experts from the private and public sectors who make up the National Energy Crisis Committee (Necom)...
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