H.E. Kgosientsho Ramokgopa

Minister of Electricity and Energy | Republic of South Africa

Dr Kgosientsho David Ramokgopa was appointed as Minister of Electricity and Energy from 3 July 2024. 

He was previously Minister of Electricity from 6 March 2023 to 19 June 2024.

Prior to his appointment as Minister, he was Head of the Investment and Infrastructure office in the office of the President of the Republic of South Africa and the Head of Infrastructure South Africa. Dr Ramokgopa is also an appointed Professor of Practice of the University of Johannesburg in the School of Public Management, Governance and Public Policy.

Prior to this, Dr Ramokgopa was Gauteng MEC (Member of Executive Committee) for Economic Development, Agriculture and Environment. Previously, he has held the position of Executive Mayor of the City of Tshwane between 2010 and 2016, at the time he was one of the youngest Mayors of a Metropolitan in the country. 

Dr Ramokgopa’s previous positions include holding the position of CEO for both the Metropolitan Trading Company and the Johannesburg Market and he has previously been the Deputy Chairperson of the board of Trade and Investment in Limpopo. Dr Ramokgopa holds a PHD from the University of Pretoria, A Masters of Public Administration from the University of Pretoria and a Masters of Business Leadership from the University of South Africa. He completed his BSC Civil Engineering at the University of Durban Westville in 1998. 

Dr Ramokgopa is an avid reader and enjoys following sports. He is actively involved in soccer development in his home township of Atteridgeville and once owned a team that played in the ABC Motsepe league. In his free time, Dr Ramokgopa offers lessons in leadership and public management at various tertiary institutions as a guest lecturer, something he does pro-bono. 

Dr Ramokgopa lives by the motto: “If you live truthfully, you shall prevail against all adversity".