Minister of Electricity, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa announced the commissioning of a 2500 Megawatt nuclear project to boost the generation capacity of the state-owned enterprise, Eskom. In a media briefing held earlier today, Ramokgopa outlined that his ministry had met all the requirements of the National Energy Regulator of South Africa to proceed with opening a bid. Let's listen in on why the Ministry has opted for nuclear energy.

CLIP - RAMOKGOPA 

link: Nuclear energy contributes 5% of the total energy mixes and South Africa has two nuclear stations in operation. To tell us more about the implications of this move and concerns being raised, we are joined by....



Guest: Princess Mthombeni - Founder of Africa4Nuclear

Minister of Electricity, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa announced the commissioning of a 2500 Megawatt nuclear project to boost the generation capacity of the state-owned enterprise, Eskom. In a media briefing held earlier today, Ramokgopa outlined that his ministry had met all the requirements of the National Energy Regulator of South Africa to proceed with opening a bid. Let's listen in on why the Ministry has opted for nuclear energy. 
CLIP - RAMOKGOPA 
link: Nuclear energy contributes 5% of the total energy mixes and South Africa has two nuclear stations in operation. To tell us more about the implications of this move and concerns being raised, we are joined by....
 
Guest: Princess Mthombeni - Founder of Africa4Nuclear

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