The senator nonetheless pledged to get the funds renewed. "I think it would be stupid for us in the U.S. to terminate this program," he said.
De Ruyter stipulated that he would hold onto his position until the end of March when he resigned in December.
The government declared a National State of Emergency earlier this month after flooding caused extensive damage and at least 12 fatalities.
Eskom anticipates record Stage 6 outages, which involve 10 hours a day without electricity, to last until late on Wednesday before they are lessened in intensity.
The bad weather struck the east, north, and south of South Africa, killing people in four of the country's nine provinces.
The members of the group claimed that by allying militarily with Russia South Africa was endangering its reputation as a nation that strongly opposed the use of nuclear weapons.
Nigeria has been struggling with a shortage in physical cash since the central bank began to swap old bills of the local naira currency for new ones, leading to a shortfall in banknotes.
This comes after the catastrophic flooding that negatively impacted the country's seven regions.
"Breeding rhinos is an expensive game," John Hume, Platinum's 81-year-old founder, told AFP, adding that he had been breeding rhinos "for 30 years without profit".
The 35-year-old won multiple South African awards, was nominated several times for a Black Entertainment Television (BET) Award in the United States, and was once nominated for an MTV Europe Music Award.
National Energy Crisis Committee, among other aspects of the electrical crisis, will be under the incoming minister's supervision.
State electricity utility Eskom is implementing the worst rolling blackouts on record, leaving households in the dark, disrupting manufacturing and hurting businesses of all sizes.
The record outages have piled misery on a population of 60 million already battling high unemployment, poverty, rampant crime and rising cost of living.
Struggling state utility Eskom has implemented power cuts every day this year, after a record number of days with outages last year.
The birthday celebrant was among those gunned down in the mass shooting in the southern port city of Gqeberha, formerly Port Elizabeth.
Yellen said she would meet later Friday with philanthropists and private sector officials to discuss their plans to back the massive project aimed at phasing out fossil fuel use.
Too little water during the irrigation peak affects the size and quality of a wide variety of apple and pear cultivars, hitting produce and revenue.
According to President Cyril Ramaphosa, the total expenditure for the SANDF deployment is R206,31,240 million.
Most were dressed in blue, the colour of the main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), which organised the rally.
Soweto supports a flourishing tourism industry, boasting tours of museums, shebeens and a street where two Nobel winners -- Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu -- used to live.
The top executives of South Africa's electricity public utility said that the blackouts should be less frequent this week thanks to the anticipated return of six power-generating units.
In addition to importing electricity, the plan involves tightening the licensing requirements for private embedded generation projects.
The aircraft was on a training flight between Pretoria and Johannesburg when it crashed shortly after taking off from Grand Central Airport in Midrand.
President Ramaphosa will hold talks with various ministries to find a solution to the power crisis that is crippling the economy.
The constitutional expert passed away at her home on Thursday night after suffering a stroke two weeks ago.
2,540MW consisting of one unit each at the Camden, Duvha, Hendrina, Kriel, Matimba, and Malta power plants have been restored.
South Africa is putting up a poor show with the revamping of its sole nuclear plant which is much smaller and far more straightforward.
The disturbing video circulating on social media platforms shows soldiers throwing dead bodies over a pile of burning debris.
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan said an intense battle was taking place "between those who want South Africa to work and thrive and those who want to corruptly enrich themselves".
The alleged poisoning of De Ruyter reportedly took place on Dec. 12, 2022, after he drank a cup of coffee that contained cyanide.