(1) Given that the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy recently announced that the Republic will be forging ahead with its plan to create a new state-owned power company by converting three coal-fired plants in relation to Eskom escalating the Republic to stage 6 load shedding due to the inability to prevent breakdowns at power stations, how has his department partnered with other government departments to address the operational difficulties at Eskom.
(2) Whether a comparative cost analysis has been done on the feasibility of a new power company in relation to the current resources needed to financially capacitate Eskom; if not, why not; if so, what is the breakdown of such an analysis.
(3) Considering the defects that occurred during the planning stages of projects at the (a) Medupi and (b) Kusile Power Stations, what are the relevant details of the steps that his department has taken to prevent a repetition of the problems that occurred at the specified power stations to occur at other power stations and the proposed new power station?