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Making headlines: Parly Saps committee investigating Mkhwanazi allegations granted extension; Ramokgopa to provide ‘IRP 2025’ briefing after Cabinet approves policy; And, Ramaphosa suspends Inspector-General of Intelligence

Parly Saps committee investigating Mkhwanazi allegations granted extension

The Parliamentary ad-hoc committee investigating allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi now has until November 28 to finalise its work.

National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza has granted the extension.

The ad hoc committee met yesterday to receive reports on the legal opinion on the participation of certain members, its request for an extension of the committee’s lifespan and the identification of further witnesses, among other things.

The committee was initially given until the end of October to finalise its work.

Ramokgopa to provide ‘IRP 2025’ briefing after Cabinet approves policy

Cabinet has approved the new Integrated Resource Plan for electricity, which is being referred to as ‘IRP 2025’.

Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni indicated that the plan outlined the mix of generation technologies required to balance supply and demand, while also considering environmental impacts and the cost of electricity.

The final policy presented to Cabinet represents a R2.23-trillion investment that will define South Africa's energy mix for the future.

However, Ntshavheni indicated that Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa would provide a briefing on the IRP 2025 on Sunday.

In addition, the full IRP 2025 would be published in the Government Gazette.

The plan focuses on addressing immediate capacity constraints and planning for long-term goals, such as achieving a Net Zero electricity sector by 2050.

And, Ramaphosa suspends Inspector-General of Intelligence

President Cyril Ramaphosa has suspended Inspector-General of Intelligence Imtiaz Fazel, with immediate effect, pending a decision in the investigation by Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence  into the Inspector-General’s conduct.

The JSCI informed Ramaphosa of a complaint it received on Fazel’s conduct, which it is investigating according to the Intelligence Services Act.

Fazel was appointed as the Inspector-General of Intelligence on November 1, 2022.

He is a former chief operating officer - at the level of deputy director-general - in the Office of the Inspector General of Intelligence and a former deputy director-general in the Office of the Director-General of the State Security Agency.

That’s a roundup of news making headlines today

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