After Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, the minister of electricity and energy, withdrew a crucial gazette requiring the procurement of 2500 MW of power beyond 2030, the government's ambitions to incorporate new nuclear power into the energy mix was put on hold. John Perlman is joined by electricity and energy expert Vally Padayachee, a former executive of Eskom and City electricity Johannesburg, to discuss the implications of all of this.

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