Abstract
It can be argued that there is no such thing as a benign energy project. The only question that matters is whether it is environmentally more sustainable. The ability to generate surplus energy can serve any state as a commodity that not only assists the state itself, but also its neighbouring states in the developmental region. Africa has a long history of a lack of access to modern energy services, therefore limiting development. Coal-fired energy is regarded as a carbon intensive resource in a world that increasingly seeks environmentally safe ways to generate energy. In this dissertation, nuclear energy is argued to be one of the solutions to the baseload conundrum in the Southern African Development Community. Nuclear energy complements the global initiative towards the decreasing of greenhouse gas emissions. The sustainability of the energy mix is imperative in ensuring socio-economic development, which positively contributes to the state’s gross domestic product.
M.A. (Politics)