Category Archives: South Africa

BRICS Offers New Potential for Africa & The World: The Human Race Will Benefit

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“This is very good news for Ethiopia, for Africa, and for World Development”, added Lawrence Freeman, a political analyst of African affairs.

He further explained that he is optimistic and excited over Ethiopia’s membership of the new bloc as this kind of new … Read the rest

BRICS Summit: Foundations for New New World Order

In this episode of Press TV’s Spotlight, Matt Ehret and John Bosnitch offer their analysis of the BRICS Summit in South Africa, the obstacles to a new multipolar economic architecture and the difference in concepts of value found in this system vs the collapsing rules-based international order of monetarist looting..Read the rest

How South Africa Should Select a Nuclear Power Plant

sound advice from internationally recognized civil nuclear engineer, Hügo Krüger

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How SA should select a nuclear power plant

In his address to the University of Witwatersrand’s Business School on August 17, 2023, Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe, reaffirmed that nuclear energy will be part of South Africa’s mixed energy strategy. File photo: ANA

In his address to the University of Witwatersrand’s Business School on August 17, 2023, Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe, reaffirmed that nuclear energy will be

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Kelvin Kemm: South African Electricity and Climate Realism

The following are some key points from this highly informative interview that puts the South African electricity issue, climate variations and nuclear energy into perspective:

South Africa`s power cuts in relation to Germany and the UK, South Africa`s excellent National Grid, comparisons of scale: African energy solutions vs European energy … Read the rest

The Anti-Nukes, as Usual, are Just Plain Wrong

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The PBMR was, and still is, a sensible investment that would provide affordable carbon-dioxide-free energy to the mining, cement, and steel industries, not just in South Africa, but throughout the African continent….

Kantey’s statement about nuclear accidents is based on an outdated understanding of radiation called … Read the rest