To do new politics in SA is all good, but it’s hard graft
To do politics you have to organise and win votes
07 August 2022 - 00:03
The difference in the response to rapidly rising prices (inflation) and increasingly unavailable electricity between SA and Botswana is stark. Here we have tried to fiddle with the many components of the fuel price, but we’re still paying R24.77 for a litre of 95 unleaded. And we have come up with a plan, which may yet prove unworkable, to build enough renewable generating power over the next two years to stop load-shedding altogether...
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