On the back of promises to generate power on its floating gas ships and feed into SA’s strained electricity grid, Karpowership has been granted access to three ports via a little-known clause “to safeguard national security”.

But the decision by the transport department to grant the Turkish gas-to-power ships access to the ports of Ngqura, Durban and Saldanha Bay for the next 20 years has not come without controversy and widespread scepticism. ..