MIKE TEKE: Transition from coal is required, but must be just and managed well
Beyond the domestic supply of the fossil fuel to Eskom for electricity generation, exports remain vital
16 March 2021 - 17:51
It takes some courage to write about coal and its future if you are suggesting it has a future. I have plucked up the courage to do it.
In Kwa Thema, where I grew up, the coal merchants were among the people who managed and led businesses when apartheid was rife, whether small operators with a horse and a cart, mid-tier operators with two tonne bakkies, or big operators with large trucks...
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