S. Africa Minister Urges More Spending to Fix Power Crisis

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South Africa's electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says the country should not shy away from spending to help fix its power crisis. Ahead of a cabinet decision later this month on his proposals to end the worst power blackouts on record, Ramokgopa tells Reuters that if South African borrowing costs had to rise to fund diesel purchases then that was a necessary trade-off. Olivia Chan reports.