Decisions need to be based on science and SA has never had such a promising, inclusive platform for them
A wind farm in Caledon. Picture: JACQUES STANDER/GALLO IMAGES
On April 14 the PCC convened a national colloquium, primarily to consider recommendations for the cabinet on our electricity system, prompted by mineral resources & energy minister Gwede Mantashe’s announcement that his department is undertaking an “update” of the Integrated Resource Plan. The president will convene the commission to finalise the recommendations.
Key beneficiaries of the incumbent energy system continue to insist that we should not “rush into” an energy transition; that prevarication is justified by the inadequate actions of the most responsible developed nations, or by the vulnerability of workers in our coal sector. What science clearly shows to be a collective imperative is treated as no more than a narrative serving foreign interests, or as somebody else’s problem, in a denial of responsibility and of agency.
There is justifiable scepticism among civil society over the efficacy and even the intent or legitimacy of the PCC, but it has endeavoured to be transparent, accountable and broadly representative. It is only an advisory body, but has a respectable track record and is expanding recognition that indecision or avoidance are incompatible with advancing social justice, and most particularly intergenerational justice.
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