The complex articulation between the cost of, and access to, energy; the effects of poverty; and the needs of families, especially poor families, speaks to multi-layered vulnerability. Professor Ashley van Niekerk of the University of South Africa¹ addressed a recent CPLO roundtable discussion on this issue, and this Briefing Paper owes much to his presentation and to the discussion that followed.

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Written by Lois Law, Researcher, Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference Parliamentary Liaison Office (CPLO)