South Africa's Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson has announced that the country's controversial nuclear procurement programme will be launched on September 30 when it requests proposals to "test the market." Currently South Africa has just one nuclear power station, but the programme will see the construction of three or four more. Two environmental groups are engaged in legal proceedings against the Department of Energy over allegedly illegal agreements with Southern African nuclear company Rosatom. In addition, the opposition party called the move "ill advised," and called into question ​the impact on South Africa's credit rating.
South Africa's Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson has announced that the country's controversial nuclear procurement programme will be launched on September 30 when it requests proposals to "test the market." Currently South Africa has just one nuclear power station, but the programme will see the construction of three or four more. Two environmental groups are engaged in legal proceedings against the Department of Energy over allegedly illegal agreements with Russian nuclear company Rosatom. In addition, the opposition party called the move "ill advised," and called into question ​the impact on South Africa's credit rating.