South Africa: Gas Fields 'Could Solve Energy Crisis'

The gas fields off the West Coast must be developed if the country is to solve the energy problems strangling economic growth, says the Cape Town Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Chamber president Gerald Wolman said the gas, which was discovered nearly a decade ago, could be a primary fuel for industry and be used to generate electricity to ease the current crisis.

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