JOHN DLUDLU: Whatever the Eskom financial fix, its operational problems will remain
Debt-equity proposal would mean that pensioners will become power utility’s shareholders with the state, which amounts to privatisation
17 July 2019 - 05:10
Finance minister Tito Mboweni will table the Special Appropriation Bill before parliament soon as part of the government’s multipronged plan to alleviate Eskom’s financial crisis.
The bill follows the announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa in his state of the nation address that the energy utility will be given R230bn over the next decade...
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