Opinion: Incentivising Strategic Development: moving one step closer, or two steps back?

In this opinion piece, Webber Wentzel’s Kirsty Kilner and Gillian Niven discuss how a new requirement may result in delays in renewable energy development in designated areas. Faced with ongoing blackouts, an economy downgraded to junk status and the highest level of unemployment since 2008, the South African government is under more pressure than ever before to promote energy development and attract investment.