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Top news items in major S. African media outlets

Xinhua, July 21, 2016 Adjust font size:

The following are highlights of South African major media outlets on Thursday.

-- The future of the government's independent power producers' programme, which has been lauded as a global success, is uncertain following an Eskom board decision that it will not sign any power purchase agreements with private producers after the current round is finalised.

By introducing private sector companies into energy generation, the Renewable Independent Power Producers Programme has mobilised R195bn in direct investment and brought 2,145MW into the grid. (Business Day)

-- Russian state corporation, Rosatom, has every intention to bid for the 9.6GW nuclear tender, once the South African government issues the Request for Proposal.

The nuclear firm became known for its alleged nuclear deal with the Department of Energy as far back as 2014. Speculations about the deal were reported by media, resulting in public outcry, protest and court application by environmentalists and opposition parties. (Fin24)

-- Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says municipalities should be the drivers of local economic development in order to create jobs.

He was addressing professionals and senior civil servants working in local government at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban. (South African Broadcasting Corporation) Endit