SA Govt seeks help finding solution to "biggest threat to economy"

South Africa’s mining and energy minister Gwede Mantashe provided plenty of food for thought at this morning’s Junior Mining Indaba in Johannesburg. Including his call for an end to the “insane and silly” debate into the future of Eskom, coal, renewables and the nation’s energy security. Given that Mantashe arrived fresh from the first cabinet Lakgotla of the new Ramaphosa Administration, his perspectives carry considerable weight.