EDITORIAL: Master plan has no solutions for preventable gas crisis
It seems likely the government will again squander the chance to head off ‘day zero’ in time
10 May 2024 - 00:00
There was a time when the load-shedding crisis could have been avoided. The government was warned more than two decades ago of the disaster that was to come if it did not make timely investments in new generation capacity. But it didn’t listen until it was too late.
Now another energy crisis looms, one that will affect businesses that employ 70,000 people and generate up to R500bn for the economy. But it seems likely that the government will again squander the chance to act in time to prevent catastrophe...
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