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Minerals & energy department cannot afford to be making these gaffes
Government departments need to be sending a message of competence to attract the foreign investment we need; this is not the time for embarrassing mistakes
21 October 2019 - 18:26
The mistakes related to important work and closely watched strategic decisions coming from the department of mineral resources and energy are simply not good enough.
Minister Gwede Mantashe, who was appointed in February 2018, inadvertently punted a hoax mineral to hundreds of delegates at an investor conference in Australia, and then the incorrect version of the long-anticipated Integrated Resource Plan was made public...
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