South Africa: Climate change activists arrested after Eskom protest

Business Day: SEVERAL climate change activists who blocked the entrance to Eskom's headquarters in Johannesburg on Tuesday morning were arrested by police. The campaigners were protesting against the electricity supplier's current management and its reliance on coal for energy. Eskom had failed South Africans by "failing to deliver clean, affordable and accessible electricity by continuing to invest in coal", said Greenpeace Africa climate and energy campaigner Melita Steele. Greenpeace has challenged...

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