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Mantashe doubles down on mining’s importance despite reduced budget
Adjustments in the portfolio steering South Africa’s mining and resource policy — including a R1.4bn budget reduction — have not stopped minister of mineral and petroleum resources Gwede Mantashe from beating his drum on South Africa’s energy approach and …