South Africa Leader Names Power Minister Amid Crisis 

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed a former mayor, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, to the newly created position of electricity minister in an effort to address the country's long-running power crisis. <br />The new minister faces two vast challenges. Power cuts of up to 12 hours a day - the government has declared a national disaster- and allegations of high-level corruption at the state-run energy giant Eskom. <br />Eskom is massively in debt - almost $24bn in the red. <br />Mr Ramaphosa also appointed the deputy head of the ANC Paul Mashatile as deputy president.