Close to 400 industry jobs have already been lost just two months after at COP17 South African financial services group Investec and the European Investment Bank (EIB) had confirmed the establishment of a €100-million renewable energy fund to promote clean energy generation and energy efficiency initiatives in South Africa.

One of the lesser known impacts of radioactive emissions, such as from nuclear power stations, is genetic damage to the foetus. Plans to massively expand nuclear power in SA will expose more women and children to the horrors of birth defects and genetic mutations.