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AT A recent event, Rising Young Stars, in Cape Town, which celebrated and awarded young upcoming chefs in the hospitality industry, I was fortunate to sit at the same table as Pavitray Pillay, an environmental behaviour change practitioner and WWFSassi manager.

We spoke about the energy crisis in South Africa.

She said the ripple effect the blackouts could and were having were profound.

“We have built societies that operate around electricity… I am surprised how complacent South Africans are about it… I do not think they realise the full extent of the impact of black outs,” she said.

Pillay then described how, for instance, load shedding was causing astronomical

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Added to that, chatting to Dr Anthony Turton on the way he believes load shedding is hitting our water supply –negatively – made me realise that if we have societies built on energy, much more is at stake if the energy collapses.

This month, we explore how the crisis is having a ripple effect on our lives. We were also fortunate to get Lungile Mashele, an energy economist and a member of the Black Power Group, to give her opinion on whether a grid collapse was possible.

Warm regards VIVIAN WARBY

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Vivian Warby Kim Stone

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