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Eskom fails to improve coal power plants

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Today's Daily Friend with Nicholas Lorimer, Chris Hattingh and Gerbrandt van Heerden. They chat about the new minister of electricity and the failure of Eskom to improve the performance of its coal power plants. They also chat about the bad economic news, the National Health Insurance Bill and the planned ban on TikTok.
8 Mar 2023 7AM English South Africa News Commentary · Politics

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