Shedding dark on the issue of South Africa’s economic growth
South African companies are reallocating billions of rands towards the extraordinary costs associated with loadshedding. Government’s prospects for debt stabilisation and the growth outlook are at risk until such time as energy reform can bear fruit. Thalia Petousis discusses.
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