South Africa: Minister to set out priority areas for energy strategy


Issue 281 - 12 Jul 2014 | 1 minute read

New energy minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson has instructed Department of Energy (DoE) officials to begin work on a five-year strategic plan to set out in detail how the ministry will respond to the much lauded National Development Plan (NDP). The plan will put in place targets, systems and processes to monitor the implementation of NDP objectives over the period. In a speech to the Portfolio Committee on Energy on 1 July, she highlighted some of the key areas of the plan.

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