The quickest solution to SA’s energy crisis would be to build gas-fired power stations that could contribute to baseload power generation and provide a massive boost to the economy, according to Greg Nichollas, project development manager at Lesedi Nuclear Services.

SA is battling a crippling shortage of power as a result of its reliance on an ageing and unreliable fleet of coal-fired plants that is hampering growth and fuelling record unemployment in Africa's most industrialised economy...