LETTER: Ramaphosa’s honesty about Eskom is reason to be cheerful
Although we face many challenges, the country has achieved much since the advent of democracy
The Treasury’s bailout of Eskom, on top of the return of load- shedding, is the most recent in a series of economic challenges that are leading to many more South Africans discussing emigration. In my view, to emigrate would be to miss the signs of hope, and the many reasons to stay and help get our amazing country back on track. It is true that years of corruption and mismanagement at Eskom has resulted in uncertainty about the country’s energy future, that the economic downswing has hit business hard, that corruption has occurred on an industrial scale, and that unemployment and crime levels are very high. However, President Cyril Ramaphosa, minister of public enterprises Pravin Gordhan and finance minister Tito Mboweni are now telling it like it is. We finally have a government that is being brutally honest about these issues and seems intent on combating them in the long term. These are all reasons for optimism, although issues such as land expropriation without compensation, an...
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