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“WE HAVE PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD.”

Finance minister Tito Mboweni, who led South Africa’s delegation to the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, said most attendees questioned them about SA’s electricity issues and government’s fiscal sustainability.

“We will be destroyed by climate change, not the planet.”

– speaking at the recent World Economic Forum meeting in Davos. Climate change and the impact it has on humans was clearly at the centre of discussions.

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