South Africa: Minister Ramokgopa hits the brakes on SA’s new nuclear plans – for now

In a shock move on Friday, the Minister of Energy and Electricity, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, announced that he would be withdrawing the gazette to procure new nuclear power capacity – for now. He added that despite this decision, “nuclear is the future” and that it would be back on the table at a later stage. 

He said this was in response to the “substantive” legal challenges posed by the Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute and Earthlife Africa…