‘Nothing further from the truth’: Eskom affidavit on its nuclear role
Eskom has dismissed a claim made in an affidavit that it managed "to usurp the nuclear procurement from the Department of Energy". Eskom divisional executive of corporate affairs Chose Choeu was commenting Friday on a supplementary affidavit made by Earthlife Africa’s Johannesburg branch co-ordinator, Makoma Lekalakala. Choue claimed he had been either "grossly misconstrued" or the affidavit was part of "a deliberate story … written to cast Eskom and the nuclear new build in a negative light". The supplementary affidavit was submitted to the Western Cape High Court in support of the case brought by the anti-nuclear lobby group and the Southern African Faith Communities Environment Institute (Safcei) to have two determinations made by Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson declared unlawful and unconstitutional. The 2016 determination designates Eskom as the procurer of 9,600MW from new nuclear energy plants. In her affidavit Lekalakala refers to a statement made by Department of Ene...
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