JOHANNESBURG - The electricity minister, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, has once again defended the restructuring of Eskom.
Recently, the National Union of Mineworkers said workers had not been properly consulted, and the plan would result in higher electricity prices and the loss of jobs.
But Ramakgopa said the opposite is true. He said the unbundling of the transmission company would mean greater investments and in theory can result into price reduction.
"So, the issue of unbundling is not the issue, the question is the pace and scale...The technical team will continue to feed into that process. It's unfolding," he said.
The intention to restructure Eskom was first pronounced in the 2019 State of the Nation Address where the process to transform the structure of the country's electricity industry to better serve the needs of the country was outlined.
The restructure meant that Eskom would be split into three separate entities including Generation, Transmission and Distribution.
All of which would still remain under Eskom Holdings.
Two months ago, Ramaphosa confirmed that the Eskom Restructuring Task Team established at the beginning of March 2026 had made progress towards the establishment of an independent transmission system operator.