Hurry up and wait – we need to wake up!

To say that Southern Africa is awash with natural gas would be an understatement. Both onshore and offshore, vast amounts of oil and natural gas have been discovered and developers are champing at the bit to commercialise the resource and create a gas economy. This would go a long way to resolving our energy crisis while creating desperately needed employment and generating handsome tax revenues. But South Africa seems to be in a dwaal – a dreamy, dazed or absent minded state – when the enormous potential of natural gas is staring them in the face.