Remember the 2010 saga over plans to build a nuclear power plant at Thyspunt near Oyster Bay? At the time the Eastern Cape squid (chokka) industry and residents in and around Cape St Francis, St Francis Bay, Oyster Bay and Jeffreys Bay, fiercely resisted the proposed development. Well, this story should serve as a reminder of what can happen and what the repercussions could be.
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