Stay updated with breaking news from Claude Thackwray. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Environment Minister Barbara Creecy has told Karpowership to provide proof of the qualifications of a company that conducted gas explosion risk assessments.
A risk assessment consultant for the multibillion-rand Karpowership project has ignored repeated requests to see a copy of his BSc chemistry degree.
More explosion risk revisions to the latest EIA studies have come to light, amid heightened public awareness of gas explosions triggered by the recent Boksburg tanker disaster. But they are not the only EIA revisions to have raised alarm.
The revisions appear to have lowered several of the predicted risk profiles for harbour workers should fires or explosions break out accidentally around the proposed gas-to-power ships and pipelines in Richards Bay, Ngqura or Saldanha Bay.
Karpowership The R225 billion powerships deal may have been wrecked this week when the environment department refused to authorise the Turkish-led consortium's projects in three ports. The consortium's environmental consultants failed to deliver adequate reports or listen to warnings from specialists, said the department. In response, Karpowership said a "misinformation campaign" had derailed the project. It plans to appeal. The Karpowership deal was torpedoed by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment - and, unintentional...