Imagine if the ANC government had not excluded expertise at state-owned enterprises (SOEs) such as Eskom, where in 1994 senior management were retrenched in favour of cadres, resulting in uncontrolled corruption.

How different our prospects could have been had it instead convened a team with electrical engineering knowhow, business acumen, environmental insight and financial foresight irrespective of political or ethnic background. ..

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