JOHANNESBURG--October 31, 2012--Written by Richard Finlayson, Senior International Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The profile of South Africa's power sector is undergoing a long-awaited transformation with the announcement by Energy Minister Dipuo Peters that 7,761 megawatts (MW) of baseload power capacity will be purchased from independent power producers (IPPs). The National Energy Regulator has concurred with this move.