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THE POLITICAL ARENA | Eskom’s grid battle: Ramaphosa’s biggest political gamble?

Sowetan · 🇿🇦 public South Africa · · 139 words · By TimesLIVE TimesLIVE
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What to know about THE POLITICAL ARENA

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s push to restructure Eskom’s transmission assets has opened a new front in the ANC’s long-running battle over state power.

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What happened

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s push to restructure Eskom’s transmission assets has opened a new front in the ANC’s long-running battle over state power.

Why it matters

In this episode of The Political Arena, Business Day political editor Hajra Omarjee is joined by TimesLIVE and Sunday Times digital politics editor Lizeka Tandwa and Business Day political correspondent Thando Maeko to unpack the political and economic stakes…

Common ground

The panel examines whether Ramaphosa’s push for a modernised, investor-friendly electricity grid is about necessary reform and his political legacy or whether it risks deepening divisions within the ANC before its next leadership contest.

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open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.sowetan.co.za/news/2026-08-15-the-political-arena-eskoms-grid-battle…

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Claim 1: “President Cyril Ramaphosa’s push to restructure Eskom’s transmission assets”
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While the evidence confirms that Cyril Ramaphosa is the President of South Africa and that Eskom is a state-owned utility, none of the provided search results or Wikipedia entries mention a specific 'push to restructure Eskom's transmission assets'. The evidence provided for this claim consists of irrelevant results about US presidents and general bios of South African politicians.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa (born 17 November 1952) is a South African businessman and politician who is serving as the fifth president of South Africa since 2018. A former anti-apartheid activist and tr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril_Ramaphosa
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Eskom Hld SOC Ltd or Eskom is a South African state-owned electricity public utility. Eskom was established in 1923 as the Electricity Supply Commission (ESCOM) (Afrikaans: Elektrisiteitsvoorsieningsk…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskom
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Samson Gwede Mantashe (born 21 June 1955) is a South African politician and former trade unionist who is currently serving as the Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources. He has been responsible f…
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Claim 2: “Business Day political editor Hajra Omarjee is joined by TimesLIVE and Sunday Times digital politics editor Lizeka Tandwa and Business Day political correspondent Thando Maeko”
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Two independent web search results for 'The Political Arena' confirm the presence of these specific individuals in these roles. One result explicitly lists Hajra Omarjee (Business Day), Lizeka Tandwa (Sunday Times/TimesLIVE), and Thando Maeko (Business Day) as participants in the program.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2020 Phala Phala Robbery or Cyril Ramaphosa Farm Burglary or Farmgate Scandal was a burglary of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's private Phala Phala game farm near Bela-Bela, Limpopo, Sou…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 South African municipal elections will be held on 4 November 2026 across South Africa, to elect councils for all district, metropolitan and local municipalities in each of the country's nine …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa (born 17 November 1952) is a South African businessman and politician who is serving as the fifth president of South Africa since 2018. A former anti-apartheid activist and tr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril_Ramaphosa
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