Minister Ramokgopa indicated plans to enhance South Africa’s electricity capacity through collaborations with Brics and non-Brics nations.
Minister of Electricity and Energy Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has hinted at procuring for the country electricity and nuclear energy improvements from within the Brics bloc, although non-Brics members may also be accommodated.
He was speaking in an interview with Russia Today on the sidelines of the Russian Energy Week held in Moscow.The minister said the Brics partners should be able to collaborate at various levels and that Russia, China and India had power stations that performed much better, with significantly better emission levels, than those in South Africa.However, he added that the country was talking to non-Brics countries, too.
He said load shedding would be a thing of the past, but an outside financial injection was needed as both national Treasury’s and Eskom’s financial positions were not strong.
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