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Spotlight | South Africa
Ramaphosa's COP26 decarbonising plans constrained by electoral considerations

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa.
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa. © Sumaya Hisham/Reuters
The South African leader and Andre de Ruyter, the boss of the public electricity company Eskom Holdings, are juggling two challenges: finding funds to finance the decarbonisation of the economy while keeping the mining unions, a wellspring of potential ANC voters, on board. [...]
Published on 28.10.2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 4 minutes
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