After publishing my last post, I discovered that Democracy Now, always on the ball, did a segment about the World Bank’s loan to South Africa for the Medupi power plant.  The segment points out many of the same things that I mention in my post.  In addition, the interview also underlines an additional important point: the ANC also has a significant financial stake in the development of the Medupi power plant.  This means that issues of corruption also loom large along with the environmental issues that I outlined.  Here’s the segment:

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