Empire Technology given huge contract for nuclear build programme
A R171m, two-year contract has been awarded to black-owned Empire Technology, for project management systems for the nuclear build programme, Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson said on Friday.By the end of July, R22.8m had been paid to the company in terms of the contract, the minister said in a written reply to a parliamentary question by EFF MP Mzingisi Dlamini.Another R20m contract was awarded to Mahlako-A-Phahla Investments to advise on a contract, R10m, of which had been paid by the end of July.READ THIS: Eskom says it can fund nuclear buildThe Department of Energy was allocated R200m in the 2016-17 budget to prepare for the government’s 9,600MW nuclear build programme. Earlier in September, the minister said that by the end of September she would issue a request for proposals for the nuclear build."We will test the market to ascertain the actual cost of the modern nuclear power plants to ensure that the procurement is implemented at a scale and pace that our country can a...
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