PETER BRUCE: End of the state of disaster amid a disaster of state with no end
A perilous energy supply collapse has not been averted by recent panicky government moves
06 April 2023 - 05:00
Wednesday was President Cyril Ramaphosa’s single worst day in office as the very point of his supposedly informed, careful, thoughtful administration was blown out of the water.
Left exposed was a confused and slightly panicky rump as both the electricity state of disaster so conceitedly declared in February was dropped, and a notice gazetted by finance minister Enoch Godongwana last Friday exempting Eskom from having to report irregular, fruitless and wasteful spending was pulled...
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