DA Shadow Minister of Electricity Samantha Graham-Mare prepared to school Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa about green energy. Photo: People Assembly/ FacebookDA Shadow Minister of Electricity Samantha Graham-Mare prepared to school Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa about green energy. Photo: People Assembly/ Facebook
“Many of our coal-fired power stations are nearing the end of their lives and it is clear that, rather than look at mechanisms for the transition from fossil fuels to renewables, Dr Ramokgopa is doubling down withDA tired of Minister of Electricity’s “empty” promises of ending LOAD SHEDDING Firstly, South Africa has access to $8.5 billion grant and concessional funding available from Europe and the USA to assist with a just transition to clean energy. This includes mechanisms for converting old power stations into green energy hubs. South Africa has undertaken to follow this process with President Cyril Ramaphosa fully behind the process; and
“What Dr Ramokgopa and Minister Mantashe, in their stubborn adherence to the idea that a just energy transition will cost jobs in the coal supply chain, are missing is that if we do not, as a country, begin the move towards renewable energy as a major priority, the imposition of carbon tax on all South African exports is going to have a devastating effect on our agriculture and manufacturing,” the DA Shadow Minister of Electricity revealed.
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