Amid delay to private grid tender, Ramokgopa indicates willingness to pay ‘premium’ to …

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Rampkgopa has indicated that South Africa should be willing to pay a premium to ensure that the multi-billion-rand expansion of the electricity grid is used to leverage industrialisation and transformation. “We must be very decisive. We are prepared to pay the price and the premium for growing the South African economy … I know industry is ready,” Ramokgopa said, during an engagement with manufacturing and construction stakeholders in Sandton on October 31.