Smoking cooling towers at a power plant. (fhm/Getty Images)
It is a perverse reality that Eskom’s largest environmental liability, its ageing coal fleet, might be our greatest asset in solving chronic unemployment and our economy, writes James Brice.
Our election outcome, coupled with the absence of load shedding in the medium term, gives South Africa a unique opportunity to build itself out of its economic doldrums.
Outside of war, revolution or authoritarianism, large national infrastructure investments have served countries well to generate GDP growth, job creation and productivity.
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