Mineral resources and energy minister Gwede Mantashe insists that electricity generation will remain largely in government hands for the foreseeable future amid calls for ailing state power utility Eskom to be privatised to ease the deepening energy crisis.
Mantashe said previously that overreliance on the private sector would be a mistake. He suggested the establishment of another state entity to compete with Eskom and boost energy supply...
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