The department of trade, industry & competition, which has a crucial role to play in energy regulation under the electricity state of disaster, has embarked on several initiatives to carry out its mandate.         

Trade, industry & competition minister Ebrahim Patel told MPs on Tuesday the department and its entities have to retool and shift staff and resources from originally budgeted areas to deal with their expanding work in tackling SA’s energy supply constraints...

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