The game-changer for SA energy in the Budget Speech — and the fight we have on our hands.

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivers the 2023 National Budget Speech at the Cape Town City Hall on 22 February 2022 in Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo: Gallo Images / Brenton Geach)

The Budget Speech delivered by Minister Enoch Godongwana heralds the end of Eskom as we know it. Although several other factors will also come into play, the stabilisation and transformation of the country’s energy framework will now depend on the successful roll-out of the National Transmission Company of South Africa, and the implementation of the much-awaited and urgent reforms to the Energy Regulation Act.

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