Cape Town - An economic cluster deputy minister and a cabinet minister gave the assurance on Tuesday that South Africa's proposed mini-nuclear power station programme would go out to open "and competitive" tenders.
Deputy Energy Minister Thembisile Majola told a media briefing of the economic cluster ministers and deputy ministers at parliament that "in terms of request for propoosals... it will be open in terms of those who have come and presented what there offerings are to us".
South Africa has agreed already to build up to six "mini-nuclear" power plants to help supplement Eskom's power supply.