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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The executive director of South Africa's Presidential Commission on Climate Change called the country's coal industry delusio...
Gwede Mantashe has suggested the answer to the energy crises in the creation of another state-owned entity - Ramaphosa agrees.
Darkness with patches of light is what South Africa literally looks like at the moment. Experts spell out what needs to be done to power up our country. And all roads lead to Gwede Mantashe, the minister of mineral resources and energy.
The Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) is initiating a process of research and consultation on South Africa’s future energy mix, which it aims to present to Cabinet before the end of 2022. Speaking at a conference hosted by the RES4Africa Foundation in Johannesburg, executive director Dr Crispain Olver said that the commission was close to finalising its work on a just transition framework and that it was, thus, turning its attention to the country’s energy mix.
Young climate activists say they are tired of young people being used as tokens, only noticed one week of the year, having a perfunctory or symbolic role in discussions and then being discarded.