It is absolutely bizarre!
So here we have the DA minister of forestry, fisheries and the environment saying that “load shedding is still very much part of South Africa’s daily existence” and that he is satisfied that the Karpowership deal was still “needed and desirable”.
And on the other hand, we have the ANC minister of energy and electricity saying that the loadshedding crisis is something of the past, with no need to enter into expensive 20-year emergency procurements using imported powerships and imported fuel, and that the Karpowership deal is "off the table".
"The [Karpowership plan] has collapsed, they have lost their rights to the grid because they had three years to conclude the deal” and that the government could not create a “special dispensation for [Karpowership], otherwise you are going to open a can of worms because there are many others that lost [bids for the deal]”, he is further quoted as saying.
Talk about policy coherence!
Newly appointed Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Dion George has ruled in favour of the controversial Turkish powerships proposal for Richards Bay harbour. His decision comes despite strong indications from Electricity Minister ...
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