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“IT WILL BE A HERCULEAN TASK FOR SOUTH AFRICA’S ESKOM, BUT THE MOST IMMEDIATE ACTION THE COUNTRY CAN TAKE IS INTRODUCING MORE RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES IN THE NATIONAL GRID.”

– after meeting President Cyril Ramaphosa and Eskom’s newly-appointed CEO, André de Ruyter, on her state visit to South Africa, reported . Merkel discovered that SA, Germany’s largest trading partner in Africa, uses coal-powered energy for about 90% of

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