Flash Briefing: Load shedding = SEVERE job shedding in SA; 2021 Local Elections update; Eskom needs R500bn to go green
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*Economist Mike Schussler says that South Africa’s load shedding problems have cost the country “well over a million jobs”.
*Eskom says that it will need between R460bn and R537bn over the next 15 years to transition away from generating electricity from coal.
*With over two thirds of the ballots counted, the ANC’s share of the national vote in the 2021 Local Elections is still on track to fall by up to ten percentage points – from 56% in 2016 to 46% in 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
*Economist Mike Schussler says that South Africa’s load shedding problems have cost the country “well over a million jobs”.
*Eskom says that it will need between R460bn and R537bn over the next 15 years to transition away from generating electricity from coal.
*With over two thirds of the ballots counted, the ANC’s share of the national vote in the 2021 Local Elections is still on track to fall by up to ten percentage points – from 56% in 2016 to 46% in 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
