As the ANC-led government scrambles for solutions to the worsening, 14-year-old energy crisis they’ve markedly failed to arrest, Gwede Mantashe — Mineral Resources and Energy Minister and ANC National Chairperson — has suggested the answer lies in the ...
by Ethan van Diemen, Daily MaverickMantashe suggests forming second state-owned power utility to solve energy crisis — Ramaphosa agrees by Ethan van Diemen, Daily Maverick July 15, 2022 As businesses and households continue to be silenced and darkened by the imposition of rolling blackouts, those tasked with ensuring security of supply are scrambling for solutions for the 14-year-old — and ever-worsening — crisis successive ANC-led governments have manifestly failed to resolve.
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