Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka scraped into office as South Africa’s next Public Protector with four more than the constitutionally required minimum of 240 votes.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has denied that there is any incoherence in his Cabinet regarding the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) with developed countries that have agreed to extend $8.5-billion in concessional financing to support South Africa’s transition from coal to renewables. He was replying to a question posed by the Good Party’s Brett Heron on whether recent conflicting comments by various Cabinet Ministers on the future of South Africa’s coal plants was not at odds with South Africa’s JETP obligations.