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Power on: Koeberg nuclear station. The ANC Youth League has supported the development of nuclear energy, identifying it as “critical to advance massive industrial development”. Photo: Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg/Getty Images

The nuclear option: Should it carry South Africa’s baseload?

Some argue that nuclear power will get us to our clean energy goals faster, but other experts say it is unsafe, unaffordable and unnecessary

Zuma green lights signing nuke deal with France

The president has given energy minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson the go-ahead to sign a nuclear deal with France.

Was R4bn nuke tender hijacked?

Westinghouse, the loser in a R4.1-billion tender to revamp Koeberg, claims some Eskom executives drove a revamp contract towards rival firm Areva.

Make details of nuclear deal public – DA

The DA has urged government to make public the details of a bilateral nuclear deal struck with Russia, saying it has potential for corruption.

AmaBhungane reporter Tabelo Timse unpacks the reaction to Co-operative Governance Minister Des van Rooyen’s month-to-month stay in a five-star hotel.

Westinghouse goes to court over Koeberg tender documents

Westinghouse Electric SA is aiming to get access to documents that made Eskom decide to award French company Areva to replace its steam generators.

South Africans queue to vote in the 1994 elections.

Nuke tender loser takes on Eskom

Westinghouse is demanding a review of the utility’s decision on Koeberg contract

Eskom awards ‘never-ending tender’ to Areva

After taking four years to make a decision, Eskom has awarded a multibillion-rand Koeberg refurbishment contract to French firm Areva.

South Africans queue to vote in the 1994 elections.

Never ending tender haunts Eskom

The board still appears hesitant to bring the farcical nuclear repair saga to a conclusion

A protester holds a placard in front of a row of policemen on horses during a demonstration against what mainly Israeli Jews of Ethiopian origin say is police racism and brutality.

Power struggle jams nuclear fix-up

The Eskom board is dragging its feet over awarding a maintenance tender for Koeberg, which has raised safety concerns

Thabo Mbeki and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy in 2008.

French nuclear frontrunner’s toxic political dealings in SA

French parastatal Areva appears to have tried to buy its way to the front of the queue to build nuclear power stations in SA – a miscalculation.

Thabo Mbeki and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy in 2008.

EDITORIAL: SA headed for more nuclear fallout

Our investigation into South Africa’s aborted 2008 nuclear tender offers a warning at a time when the country is embarking on a similar exercise.