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Feature Article: Why is the state ignoring its own power policy?
Exporting coal to Newcastle — that’s what Eskom proposes. The coal-to-Newcastle idiom arose because England’s Newcastle prospered for centuries by exporting coal. Importing or keeping it sub-optimally would have been as foolhardy as it would be for us to ignore the lessons of history.
Stripped of obfuscation, Eskom wants the government
2 May 2013
