Following up on what was just a one line introduction to Friday's "South Africa Says Rich Nations Should Fund Green Hydrogen"
South Africa has problems that go beyond who will fund green hydrogen. As just one example, the country is in a declared "State of Disaster" for the electricity sector, with 12 hour per day blackouts in some areas.
From News Australia:
A country of 60 million is on the verge of “collapse” amid rolling blackouts and warnings of “civil war” scale unrest.
South Africa is on the verge of “collapse” amid rolling blackouts and warnings a total power grid failure could lead to mass rioting on the scale of a “civil war”.
Western embassies including the United States and Australia have advised their citizens in the country to stock up on “several days worth” of food and water and be on high alert during extended blackouts sweeping the country....
....MUCH MORE
Even the FT's man-in-South Africa (and environs), former Alphavillain Joseph Cotterill, who tends to wear his genuine affection for the country and its people on his sleeve is calling-out the powers-that-be:
FT March 3
Ramaphosa set to appoint electricity minister to tackle S Africa blackouts
Cabinet reshuffle expected as government confronts claims of corruption at Eskom power monopoly
Eskom chief’s explosive interview exposes the ANC’s rotten core
Rising frustration over pervasive corruption risks hurting South Africa’s ruling party at the polls
