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Electricity action plan must be rational, measured and defensible – and deter opportunistic projects

There is a dangerous narrative circulating that due to the current energy crisis, South Africa must take any and all electrons that are available. But some electrons come at too high a price, and South Africans would be left paying for these panic purchases for a long time.

August 16, 2022

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