* Ms E Thabethe [Chairperson] * Mr G Selau [ANC] * Mr P Mbele [Committee Secretary] Sixteen other legislators from the Southern African Region gathered for the hearing together with experts on climate change, gender, rural electrification and renewable energy. Participating countries included Lesotho, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania and Zambia.