UDM among opposition parties, NGOs and individuals seeking details of SA's commitments to European and the US governments
The UDM, other opposition parties, NGOs and individuals “want to know precisely” what commitments were made by SA to European and the US governments regarding the $8.5bn package pledged at COP26 for its just energy transition , the Pretoria high court heard on Friday.
In Part B, the applicants have asked the court for several orders, including the setting aside of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to “accept an amount of $8.5bn in loans from the US and other European countries with the condition that South Africa will close down its power stations”. In an explanatory affidavit, Rudi Dicks, who co-ordinates the technical secretariat for the National Energy Crisis Committee, said when cabinet endorsed the JET investment plan, it was only to “permit the firming up of a plan to finance the JET, including through the potential utilisation of the $8.5bn financeThe cabinet endorsement of the investment plan did not entail a formal agreement with immediate consequences, he said.
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