LETTER: Expel clueless Eskom board members and replace them with credible engineers
The board is focusing on unbundling Eskom and attracting private capital instead of strengthening baseload in the form of coal-fired power stations and nuclear
The earlier commitment made by the public enterprises minister to the Presidential Working Committee meeting at Nedlac a week ago that Eskom is on top of the situation, was just a pure lie to the nation and that on its own justifies the logic why President Cyril Ramaphosa should replace Eskom board members with credible engineers and community representatives.
South Africans were taken by surprise last week when Eskom, through its Twitter page, announced the decision to institute stage 2 load-shedding. That was a clear indication that the power utility is experiencing a dearth of leadership. The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) predicted long time ago that South Africans will be exposed to more spells of load-shedding since the power utility was run by clueless board members, who lack engineering skills. ..
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