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opinion South Africans can’t afford cost of going off-grid

When I was asked to write about the barriers to energy solutions under load shedding, I thought: “I must do some research. I must find the best solutions.”

Then I thought again. The best solutions are usually only available for the high-income groups in society.

For the solutions to become accessible to the lower-income brackets, we need to convince privileged politicians about the

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