OPINIONISTA: The electricity debate is split into antagonistic camps – we won’t solve the power crisis this way

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In the geopolitics of energy a clear line must be drawn between evidence-based arguments and conspiracies. But equally important is the need to understand that people can legitimately hold different views.

The electricity crisis is going to shape our future. It will almost certainly cost the ANC an outright majority at the 2023 election. It is already driving skilled emigration and doing terrible damage to our economy and the national morale.

As with all issues of urgent national importance, we need an open and rational public discussion on the way forward. But in South Africa that is never easy. A clear line must be drawn between ­evidence-based lines of argument and conspiracy theories. We have often failed to do so. But that is only part of the battle: equally important is the need to understand that people can legitimately hold different views.

 

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