The Department of Electricity and Energy will launch a legacy project aligned to the G20 Clean Cooking Outcome, to accelerate investment in clean cooking in Africa.
The departments Energy Transition working group held its third technical meeting in Sun City, and touched on the implementation of Just Energy Transition programmes, which include clean cooking.
According to the International Energy Agency, four in five families across the continent still cook with polluting fuels like wood, charcoal or dung, often over open fires or basic stoves.
These practices contribute to over 800 000 premature deaths each year due to household air pollution.
Matsatseng Village, 30 kilometres from Mahikeng has been in existence for years still does not have electricity.
