While I believe nuclear power as a concept is fantastic, I'm struggling to see how a country already burdened by debt and stuck at junk status can be expected to afford a deal that is INITIALLY (before the inevitable cost increases) posited at costing us a trillion rand.

Furthermore, trusting the word of Eskom - which owns two thirds of all the debt accumulated by SA's parastatals (about R350 billion, IIRC) - when it says everything will be both above board and affordable is like trusting the guillotine for a nice haircut.

Also, taking the word if the new Energy Minister, when she says she will do all in her power to keep the deal transparent belies the fact that she, like Malusi Gigaba and Co, were not put there because of their competence at anything (as evidenced by the fact that competent ministers were fired, while the incompetent kept their jobs) but because they will do what their bosses in Saxonwold want.

Sorry Mr Johnson, I don't believe a word you have written!