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South Africa: Karpowership projects blocked again, this time by government


Issue 480 - 15 Mar 2023 - By Tonderayi Mukeredzi | 2 minute read

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment’s rejection of all three of Karpowership South Africa’s environmental impact assessment applications has thrown the Turkish company’s – and other departments of government’s – emergency gas-to-power plans into disarray once more.

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