SA’s nuclear energy programme has to be implemented "in such a way that it doesn’t undermine the fiscal integrity of the country"‚ Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas said on Thursday. "The expenditure you undertake on building energy infrastructure ultimately will have to be paid by end users‚" he told Radio 702‚ commenting on his boss‚ Pravin Godhan’s medium-term budget policy statement a day earlier He said the energy "tariff … has a direct bearing on growth issues etc‚ so you have to sensitive to this". Jonas would not‚ however‚ be drawn on questions that the Gupta family had offered him R600m in inducements in return for him pushing for the approval of the nuclear procurement programme. The offer of the R600m, to be paid in instalments, was reportedly made on same the day the politically connected family allegedly offered him the job of finance minister (Nhlanhla Nene was in the job at the time) as well as R600,000 in cash. The explosive claim was reported to be contained in ...
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