SA's energy future: RMB's Keith Webb on diversifying the mix

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JOHANNESBURG — Load shedding has been on many South Africans' lips over the last few weeks. Rolling blackouts commenced in late 2018 again as Eskom grappled with its coal supplies and power plant breakdowns. But looking to the future at times like this is important. And in this interview, RMB Investment Banking Transactor Keith Webb looks at what the years ahead hold for South Africa's energy mix. It's certainly a potentially a more promising picture than the one we have today with prospects for wind, solar, gas and even clean coal playing a bigger part in our lives in future to meet the demands of the economy. - Gareth van Zyl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
11 Dec 2018 9PM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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