EDITORIAL | Cut the red tape to declare energy emergency and save the economy
SA’s load-shedding crisis has been around since 2008, so why has it taken until now to declare an energy emergency?
10 July 2022 - 20:45
It is unclear what its import was and it’s also anybody’s guess if the nation took note of what was meant to be an important announcement by government on how it intended to end the economically crippling rolling blackouts of the past few days...
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