The skills needed for a just energy transition can’t be an afterthought – The Mail & Guardian

The skills needed for a just energy transition can’t be an afterthought – The Mail & Guardian

As South Africa marks Energy Month, we will once again hear the familiar refrains: load-shedding persists, investment is needed and policy certainty remains elusive. This year’s Integrated Resource Plan, with its multiple scenarios and unclear direction, has added further uncertainty — both about our energy future and how we prepare for it. Yet amid the policy and planning debates, one question gets asked too narrowly, if at all: Are we truly pr…