Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana Mashebane asserts South Africa’s intention to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes and is confident about the country’s  ability to securely store the uranium it has.

The Washington Post reports official US fears about South Africa storing 220kg of weapons grade uranium in a vault at Pelindaba.

There was a break in eight years ago. Nothing was stolen.

But US intelligence believe the burglars knew what they were looking for.

The uranium’s been stored for 24 year, since South Africa became the first country voluntarily to surrender its nuclear capacity.

Perfectly safely, says Nkoana Mashebane

Washington fears the stockpile’s sufficient to make six bombs. Enough to obliterate the US capital.

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