Necsa in the News

Link to News Lindsay Dentlinger Eight years since appeals were lodged, Environment Minister Dion George on Friday gave the go-ahead for Eskom to proceed with the next phases of the project near its existing Koeberg station. FILE: Minister of Electricity and Energy Kgosientsho Ramokgopa and Deputy Minister Samantha Graham-Maré brief members of the media on […]

Link to News Wendell Roelf South Africa’s Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Dion George deliveres a statement during the United Nations climate change conference COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 19, 2024 REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo CAPE TOWN, Aug 8 (Reuters) – South Africa’s environment minister on Friday upheld a previous decision granting environmental authorisation for state-owned power […]

Web Link By Daniel Puchert South Africa plans to spend R60 billion on its nuclear build programme, most of which will not come from the fiscus, the Sunday Times reports. The country’s electricity and energy minister, Kgosientsho Ramogkopa, said South Africa is busy looking for nuclear experts from around the world to assist in affordably […]

Web Link Podcast: Necsa plays a key role in shaping South Africa’s energy landscape Nicolette Pombo-van Zyl 05 May 2025 Image: South Africa’s flagship nuclear research reactor, SAFARI-1, is a 20MW light water-moderated reactor commissioned on 18 March 1965. Source: necsa In this interview, Loyiso Tyabashe, Group CEO of the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation […]

Web link By Karabo Mohamme (People’s Daily Online) 15:09, May 12, 2025 South Africa’s Minister of Electricity and Energy, Dr. Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, led a high-level delegation on a strategic working visit to China on April 6, 2025 with an aim of strengthening the country’s energy capacity and accelerating its transition towards a more sustainable and […]

Web Link Loyiso Tyabashe, NECSA Group CEO, thinks we should be having more conversations about nuclear technologies ESI Africa 14 May 2025 Image: Pelindaba Nuclear Research Centre. Source: Necsa. The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (NECSA) wants to get back into the business of nuclear fuel manufacturing and Necsa CEO Loyiso Tyabashe shares that they […]