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SA’s JET: Imminent loss of jobs as rich countries benefit

Reality Cheque

WITH the rich countries strategically championing the move from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources, middle-income countries such as South Africa face economic disaster as communities thriving on the coal-mining industry could turn into ghost towns due to the imminent loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs.

The governments of France, Germany, the UK, the US and the EU want South Africa to move

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