South Africa’s Minerals and Energy Minister Buyelwa Sonjica said on Tuesday the government would ensure the country would have enough power supply by 2018 despite a postponement of its nuclear expansion programme.
South Africa expects its next nuclear power plant to come on stream by 2019, two years later than initially planned by utility Eskom , which has dropped plans to build the facility due to financial woes.
“The next nuclear power plant has been postponed. Measures are in place to ensure that there will be no electricity shortage by 2018,” Sonjica said at Africa’s biggest mining conference in Cape Town.
“I want to stress …the nuclear project has been postponed, not abandoned.”
