Posted on 08/24/2018 8:26:22 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa that a private meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin ended with an agreement that the two countries would discuss a nuclear power deal in the future.
Ramaphosa has put nuclear expansion on the back burner since taking office in February, saying it is too expensive, and has focused instead on pledges to revive the economy and crack down on corruption.
His scandal-plagued predecessor, Jacob Zuma, had championed a deal to dramatically increase South Africa’s nuclear capacity despite concern from ratings agencies that it would deal a further blow to the country’s already strained public finances.
“We have huge financial constraints, we are not able to proceed with a nuclear build program,” Ramaphosa told a news conference at the end of the BRICS summit.
“President Putin was quite relaxed about this. He said you deal with your issues and when the situation changes we can keep talking about this. And that’s where we left it. There’s no other hidden agenda,” Ramaphosa added.
Kremlin-controlled Rosatom, a clear leader in the global nuclear industry, was one of the front runners for the massive nuclear project championed by Zuma.
A Rosatom executive told Reuters on Thursday that the company was “still interested” in helping South Africa expand its nuclear capacity.
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This as he continues to aid, abet, fund, and arm radical black regimes througout Africa. And not to mention South Africa's long-held historical ties with the Soviet Union, which trained and patroned the 'struggle' of major parties and radical activist groups - which happen to be in power now. Is it any wonder KGB style Bolshevik tactics are being used against the white farmers...
My contacts in South Africa told me two years ago that the fix was in to award the next nuclear power plant contract to the Russians,
Guess what, boys and girls...........
South Africa had a NUCLEAR BOMB. I was tested in the Southern Indian ocean. Then they “gave it up”.
Now they are kicking out all the Whites. AND cozying up to the Russkies.
For a nuclear deal.
WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?
That will work out great for South Anglicans when they’re starving.
Ping
My contacts in South Africa includes several individuals who worked on the nuclear weapons project there. The effort was disbanded many years ago.
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