OPEN LETTER – How does it feel to hold the weight of South Africa’s future on your shoulders? From free access to data to digital skills creation, the State of the Nation provided a strong roadmap for the year ahead. Now it’s up to you to put all those projects in place, while reducing state spending at the same time.
Recently, you asked South Africans to share their ideas on how to make the Budget go further. Smart move: we’re going to have to work together as a nation if we want to reach that target of R150 billion in savings. We’re going to have to come up with some creative solutions, and fast.Bright Ideas for Energy Generation
Let’s start with the elephant in the room. Load shedding is here to stay, and there’s nothing we can do about it. Or can we? Sure, we may be stuck with power shortages until the new energy generation projects go online, but we can still mitigate their impact.