#FirstThingsFirst: What to make of Ramaphosa Overrules Electricity Minister Ramokgopa on Eskom Unbundling.

The Siz The World team ponders on whether there could be more to make of the misalignment on Eskom’s unbundling process and the establishment of a Transmission System Operator. The team also ponder on the possibility of the president and Ramokgopa may not be seeing eye to eye. This after President Cyril Ramaphosa took a firm stand on reforming South Africa’s electricity sector, directly overruling his Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa during the State of the Nation Address on 12 February 2026. In a move that has sparked widespread debate and praise from business leaders, Ramaphosa stripped Ramokgopa of his control over Eskom’s unbundling process.