Nuclear was already part of government and ANC policy, but newly appointed Energy Minister David Mahlobo was not rushing into it, he told Business Day on Tuesday. Speaking after President Jacob Zuma’s 12th cabinet reshuffle during his decade-long term, Mahlobo said he would have to meet his new team in the department before making any firm commitments on his priorities as energy minister. Mahlobo’s move to energy by Zuma is widely believed to be aimed at accelerating the government’s R1-trillion nuclear build project. He is a key Zuma lieutenant, after having served as state security minister since 2014. During Mahlobo’s tenure in state security, intelligence reports largely dismissed as bogus emerged to discredit the leadership at the South African Revenue Service and the Treasury. The most recent was one used by Zuma to justify his axing of former finance minister Pravin Gordhan.
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