SCIENCE and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor on Tuesday cast confusion over SA’s planned nuclear procurement when she told journalists the request for proposals (RFP) would not be issued on Friday.At a briefing by government’s cluster of economic ministers led by Pandor in Pretoria, she said that she was "almost certain" that Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson would not be able to publish the request for proposals on September 30. Early in September, Joemat-Pettersson promised Parliament the request for proposals would be issued by Friday.But Pandor said the cluster, which meets in a Cabinet committee fortnightly, was set to discuss the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) at its next meeting, a step which had to be completed first before moving onto the nuclear procurement."Once we have processed what is proposed (in the IRP) as a cluster we would then take that to the formal Cabinet process. Once this has been done we will share the decisions and documents with the public."I am not...
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