South Africa’s Energy Chief Opens Coal Mine as Blackouts Persist
Gwede Mantashe attends the opening of the Klipspruit Colliery.
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South Africa’s energy minister attended the opening of a new coal mine, promoting use of the dirtiest fossil fuel as the government struggles to control an energy crisis.
Africa’s most industrialized nation has been subjected to controlled blackouts almost every day this year to prevent a total collapse of the grid as state utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. fails to meet demand. The outages have the potential to deepen during the winter, and officials and lawmakers have been meeting to consider alternatives to bolster the electricity supply.