South African environmental affairs minister Dion George has upheld a decision to grant Eskom environmental authorisation to build a new nuclear power plant in the Western Cape.
The original authorisation for the plant, which will neighbour Koeberg Nuclear Power Station, came in 2017. However, environmentalists had appealed against the decision.
Reuters reported that George dismissed the appeals, giving Eskom the green light to build and operate a 4,000MW nuclear power station in the region, at least from an…
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An retired elderly couple visit London..
They get picked up from the airport in a london black cab and head off into the city for some adventure.
The cab driver say \”where you from guvnor?
Husband. \”we\’re from South Africa\”..
The wife is a little hard of hearing asks her husband.
\”What did he say?\”
The husband turns to his wife and says louder \”the cab driver asked us where we were from, I told him South Africa!\”
The cabbie continues \”I was in the merchant navy years back… I got to drop anchor down your way, a few times in Johannesburg\”
The husband replies \”oh wow that\’s where we\’re from originally, now we\’re in Cape Town.\”
The wife asks the husband again \”what did he say?\”.
The husband again relays the unheard conversation \”the cab driver says he spent some time in the navy and went down to joberg\”.
The wife smiles and nods.
Sir Shark
Be careful of the man who stays calm and smiles in a crisis for he has already found someone to put the fault on.