Mbalula says climate pact causing SA power cuts

Fikile Mbalula, the secretary general of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress, reiterated a discredited claim that an $8.8 billion climate finance pact is responsible for the recurrent power outages in the country. Mbalula, speaking at a debate between political party leaders in Johannesburg on Thursday, said the closure of coal-fired plants to win the finance is responsible for the blackouts that have hobbled Africa’s most-industrialised economy.

The dirtiest fossil fuel provides more than 80% of power in South Africa, the world’s 14th-biggest producer of greenhouse gases. While initially agreed at the COP26 climate summit in 2021, significant funds from the Just Energy Transition Partnership are yet to flow because South Africa hasn’t produced a detailed plan on how it would spend the money. In recent years South Africa has closed just one coal-fired power plant, Komati.

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