Standard Bank is prepared to help solve the government’s R210 billion grid expansion dilemma — but policy uncertainty could delay this. (Waldo Swiegers/Getty Images)
                                    
                                    Renewable energy could close the gap between demand and supply, ending load-shedding. But out-of-pocket Eskom must find money to upgrade its transmission infrastructure first
 		
			
				
	
		
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