If you need help resolving an issue around corruption, write to the Corruption Watch experts Dear Corruption Watch,I am confused. I thought that procuring a nuclear power plant required a public tender process, but then the Russian company selling us the goods issues a press release saying it's a done deal? What exactly is the deal? And is it possible or desirable to undertake a procurement exercise on this scale without an open tender? - HeatedDear HeatedGiven the amount of secrecy shrouding the process, you are right to be confused.In September, the Russian state-owned nuclear company Rosatom and the South African Department of Energy announced an agreement which they said "lays the foundation for the large-scale nuclear power plants procurement and development programme of South Africa based on the construction in South Africa of new nuclear power plants with Russian VVER reactors with total installed capacity of up to 9.6GW".The simultaneous and identical press statements strong...
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