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hdashtal t1_j5o5l1j wrote

What does Russia give them in return? This makes no sense. Has someone been bribed?

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gerrymandering_jack t1_j5o75fw wrote

South Africa is having an energy/electricity crisis and has a plan to import cheap LNG from Russia.

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[deleted] t1_j5oggc1 wrote

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Fokke_Hassel_Art t1_j5oiieb wrote

Germany did it in 7 months. So I guess a terminal is set up quick

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Mirathecat22 t1_j5ok8pp wrote

Germany is a 1st world country that set out to do it and made sure it got done.

South Africa is a 3rd world shithole with an incredible amount of corruption

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XavierRenegadeAngel_ t1_j5ozfu5 wrote

While I wouldn't call it a shithole, I do agree with the incredible amount of corruption.

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Nucl3arDude t1_j5sw1t6 wrote

I lived there. It's a shithole.

Don't let the nice resorts and game farms fool you. There's the Corpo class who gets completely privatised services and then there's everyone else, who are lucky if they get electricity when they'd actually be home.

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gerrymandering_jack t1_j5omvkv wrote

Government is planning to launch a procurement process for 3000MW of gas-fired energy generation, with the most likely options being the deployment of power ships or a floating LNG terminal.

The new gas generation facilities will be located in Richards Bay and/or Mossel Bay.

https://www.news24.com/fin24/economy/the-power-ship-has-sailed-govt-launches-another-procurement-process-for-gas-fired-generation-20230120

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MF_lover t1_j5olggq wrote

Forgot one : water

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mycall t1_j5psvqd wrote

Cheap water from Russia to South Africa?

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MF_lover t1_j5qserw wrote

No no, I meant one of the crisis. Water is one, could be solved by a number of things, none of which are cheap unfortunately.

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Potential-Brain7735 t1_j5q8vjx wrote

How is SA going to get “cheap” LNG from Russia, when the only way to get LNG from Russia to SA is by boat….and Russia doesn’t control a single shipping lane in the world, so they have to ask permission from a wide variety of nations just to be able to transport anything anywhere.

Wouldn’t it be cheaper to get LNG from other oil producing nations?

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throwawayinfinty1 t1_j5o95xm wrote

Russia supported South Africa's current ruling political party during segregation(apartied) pre 1994. They "gave" long ago, it's now just collection.

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Clarkhunt t1_j5qmbia wrote

I could say with a high level of confidence almost definitely. They barely need a reason to take a bribe lately.

Then there is an electricity crisis here and there where some rumblings of Rosatom building nuclear power stations here. Might be our corrupt politicians see opportunity there.

There is the historical view that communist Russia was an ally to the ANC in the apartheid years and many ANC politicians hold romantic views of communism.

There was also a story recently of a Russian ship offloading or loading something in the naval town of Simmons town not to long ago.

But the biggest problem is the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing. Naledi Pandor and some in the military are backing Russia while the presidency and the fiscal policy in general is to court the west for loans and foreign investment.

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