Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa to brief business leaders about government plans for the turn-around for Eskom

Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa will later today, Friday 20 March 2015 host a meeting with leaders of the business sector at the Union Buildings, Pretoria to brief them about government interventions to turn-around Eskom arising from his cabinet mandate

The meeting will also be attended by various government Ministers, technical experts based at the government’s war room as well as members of the Eskom Advisory Panel appointed by Deputy President Ramaphosa to advise him on challenges facing Eskom

The Advisory Panel comprises, Prof Anthon Eberhard, Ms Dolly Mokgatle, Ms Sy Gourah, Mr Smunda Mokoena, Mr Derick Elbrecht and Mr Bobby Godsell.

The Deputy President believes that there is no short-cut to the challenges facing Eskom, Accordingly there is a need to develop short, medium and long-term solutions that are independently verifiable by people with expert knowledge in the energy sector.

In pursuance of this objective it is critical that all sectors of our society are mobilised behind the government programme to deal with challenges of electricity while creating a platform for all sectors including business to make a meaningful contribution in helping the country move out of the current electricity challenges.

Media are invited as follows:

Arrival time: 10h30 for 10h45

Time for photo-opp: 11h00

Date: Friday 20 March 2015

Venue: Room 108, Union Buildings, Pretoria

Enquiries: Ronnie Mamoepa 082 990 4853 or Tyrone Seale 083 575 7440 or Terrence Manase 073 904 1549

Issued by: The Presidency

Pretoria