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20
Aug

Funding holding back women in the energy sector – Radebe

Lack of funding is among the factors limiting the participation of women in the energy sector, said Energy Minister Jeff Radebe. He was delivering the key note address at the Women in Energy dialogue on transformation in Midrand, north of Johannesburg on Monday. Radebe highlighted that women’s participation in the sector was low. “A key constraint to the effective women participation in the energy sector is lack of funding, technical…

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14
Aug

MPs fume over energy department’s ‘boycott’ of fuel price meeting

Parliament’s portfolio committee on energy was left fuming on Tuesday morning when the Department of Energy failed to send any officials to its meeting on fuel price increases that have rocked South African households. The committee resolved that it would write to Minister of Energy Jeff Radebe to voice its dissatisfaction at being left in the lurch. Committee members said they would summon him to appear before Parliament next week…

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07
Aug

Calls for fuel levy cuts may fall on deaf ears

The calls by political parties and civil society for cuts to the fuel levy and the Road Accident Fund (RAF) levy could just be populist noise that might not get a hearing. However, relief to consumers could come in the form of more items that are free of VAT. The ANC, DA, Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) have all made calls for changes to the…

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