Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, minister of electricity and energy, stated that South Africa plans to build a nuclear plant to generate electricity at ‘a scale and speed’ that they can afford.
This came as the minister was speaking to the media on the sidelines of the Cabinet lekgotla held in Tshwane over the weekend, as reported byof the Government of National Unity , which set out the programme of action the government would undertake during the seventh administration. ‘In the long term, we need to ensure that we anchor the baseload and nuclear is an important part of that intervention. We are working on the framework for procurement because we don’t want to discredit the process through a procurement process that is not transparent,’ said Ramaphosa.In terms of issues related to the affordability of electricity, Ramokgopa expressed concern that poorer communities are ‘struggling to keep up with increasing costs’.
‘The poor and those that are located in the townships are finding it exceptionally difficult to afford the increases in electricity. The pricing and the tariff are prohibitive, and a lot of our people across the length and breadth of the country are not in a position to afford electricity,’ said Ramokgopa.
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South Africa: Nuclear Power Build Will Be At a Scale 'We Can Afford'Minister of Electricity and Energy, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, says South Africa will seek to build a nuclear plant for electricity generation at 'a scale and speed that we can afford'.
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