LETTER: Mboweni ‘blind’
Finance minister’s economic plan ignores climate change and trivialises coal workers' concerns
30 August 2019 - 05:03
Finance minister Tito Mboweni’s economic plan shows he is both ecologically and ethically blind.
He makes no mention of climate change, and his casual reference to the “losers” in his plan trivialises what it would mean for the 90,000 workers in the coal sector, their dependants and those living in coal-dependent communities. ..
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