---
title: "The Highwaymen, Episode 7: Lights Out"
description: "Gwede Mantashe now presides over the most important portfolio in the Cabinet — mining and energy. He’s run it like a fiefdom, trying to shut down any real commitment to a green energy transition. We also explore how Mantashe aided and abetted State Capture, and the slow but sure creep toward a gangster state — and all-out gang warfare."
type: "NewsArticle"
publisher: "Daily Maverick"
site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za"
section: "PODCASTS"
author: "Richard Poplak and Diana Neille"
author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/richard-poplak-and-diana-neille/"
canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-12-05-the-highwaymen-episode-7-lights-out-2/"
published: "2022-12-05T20:29:08"
updated: "2023-09-06T11:10:22"
lang: "en-ZA"
---

# The Highwaymen, Episode 7: Lights Out

> Gwede Mantashe now presides over the most important portfolio in the Cabinet — mining and energy. He’s run it like a fiefdom, trying to shut down any real commitment to a green energy transition. We also explore how Mantashe aided and abetted State Capture, and the slow but sure creep toward a gangster state — and all-out gang warfare.

By Richard Poplak and Diana Neille · Published 5 December 2022, 22:29 SAST · Updated 6 September 2023, 13:10 SAST

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