Ian McRae, Who Brought Electricity to Black South Africa, Dies at 90

    Posted by Sam Roberts on

    As head of the state-owned utility, he defied apartheid laws by laying the groundwork for providing power to the nonwhite townships and by hiring Black people. He died of the novel coronavirus.

    Apartheid (Policy)
    Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
    Deaths (Obituaries)
    Electric Light and Power
    Eskom
    Ian (1929-2020)
    McRae
    South Africa

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