Climate Politics

Gwede Mantashe Spurns South Africa’s Green Energy Meeting

  • Energy minister Mantashe skips signing of $1 billion pact: ST
  • Agreement with Netherlands, Denmark signed by others

A solar plant in Frankfort, South Africa.

Photographer: Michele Spatari/Bloomberg
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South African Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe refused to attend a top-level meeting held by President Cyril Ramaphosa with European leaders for the signing of a green energy memorandum of understanding, the Johannesburg-based Sunday Times reported.