Load-shedding is worse than state capture, Mantashe says
Eskom’s failure to halt the decline of its generation fleet can be interpreted as an attempt at overthrowing the government, minister says
Paying no heed to the central role of state capture in weakening governance and operations at Eskom, mineral resources and energy minister Gwede Mantashe said the state-owned power utility’s persistent load-shedding was causing more harm to the economy than the institutionalised looting that characterised the administration of former President Jacob Zuma.
Speaking at a signing ceremony for winning bidders in round five of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme in Pretoria, Mantashe went as far as saying that Eskom’s failure to arrest the decline of the generation fleet could be interpreted as an attempt at overthrowing government...
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