South Africa, plagued by chronic power shortages, plans to have the country’s new nuclear power plant up and running by 2020.

The US says Washington and its partners are working on steps to show Iran the consequences of its decision to snub a nuclear deal with the West.

UN inspectors have arrived in Iran to examine a nuclear site that has heightened Western fears of a covert programme to develop atomic bombs.

Iran’s defence minister warned Israel on Monday against launching any attack on the country, saying it would speed up the Jewish state’s own demise.

The environmental impact assessment reports released by Eskom consultants on three proposed nuclear stations read as tendentious propaganda.