Health department says calls for the end to lockdown are premature; another messy year of audits for government departments and state companies; Mantashe wants more gas and faster nuclear in SA’s energy mix; and the JSC has recommended Judge Mandia Maya for the role of chief justice.
: In South Africa, there have been 1,752 new cases of Covid-19, taking the total reported to 3,623,962. Deaths have reached 95,835 , while recoveries have climbed to 3,480,249, leaving the country with a balance of 47,878 active cases. The total number of vaccines administered is 30,189,745.
He also wants to increase the energy sourced from renewables, saying they are currently underestimated. The energy plans were last updated in 2019 after a massive push back against former president Jacob Zuma’s plan to add 9,600MW of nuclear energy to the mix. While Mantashe maintains that this was a bad plan, he insists that around 2,500MW of nuclear energy is still required in South Africa’s energy mix, as well as 1,500MW of new coal projects.
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