Is the Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry in self-isolation? - Thought Leader

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THOUGHTLEADER: The capacity for storage of highly radioactive spent fuel rods at Koeberg is reaching capacity this year. No one has even the faintest idea of what to do with this poisonous legacy.

In her media release published on, Janine Myburgh, the president of the Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry, asks that “calm and common sense” may prevail on the decision of building new nuclear capacity at Koeberg Power Station. To make her case for nuclear power, she first lashes out against a highly organised green lobby “with agendas that they loudly push at every opportunity” conjuring up a “carbon dioxide Armageddon” and issuing “skilful green propaganda” against nuclear power.

It is very unlikely that her membership base would support such hideous claims, including her underlying notion that combating climate change happens at the expense of local business prospects. Ironically, Myburgh’s demonisation of a green approach to the energy crisis and economy is contradicted by the Cape region’s industry promotion and investment organisation Wesgro, which states on

 

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