The government has selected eight preferred bidders, including Turkey's Karpowership, to provide emergency electricity and help prop up the country's ailing power supply, energy minister Gwede Mantashe said on Thursday.
The tender for 2,000 megawatts, launched two years ago when SA suffered some of the worst power cuts in a decade, aimed to find the cheapest and quickest options to ease a shortage that has cost the continent's most industrialised economy billions of rand.
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SA picks eight preferred bidders to tender for emergency power provision
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The government has selected eight preferred bidders, including Turkey's Karpowership, to provide emergency electricity and help prop up the country's ailing power supply, energy minister Gwede Mantashe said on Thursday.
The tender for 2,000 megawatts, launched two years ago when SA suffered some of the worst power cuts in a decade, aimed to find the cheapest and quickest options to ease a shortage that has cost the continent's most industrialised economy billions of rand.
This is a developing story.
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