While he supposedly had to attend to a family commitment that precluded his attendance at a significant green finance meeting, Gwede Mantashe’s verified Twitter account was sharing videos of the minister extolling the virtues of coal mining and power to...
Mantashe punts ‘clean’ coal at mining summit while Cabinet colleagues pitch green energy finance to rich countriesMantashe punts ‘clean’ coal at mining summit while Cabinet colleagues pitch green energy finance to rich countries by Ethan van Diemen, Daily Maverick October 3, 2021 First published by Daily Maverick 168 newspaper He had commitments. “Prior commitments which are family-related”, but he “also believed that the government delegation at the time was sufficient.
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