LETTER: Crooks have given us load-shedding
Commission of inquiry should be established for overdue Kusile and Medupi power stations
11 December 2019 - 14:46
The current round of load-shedding being experienced by the country is a direct result of the failure to bring Kusile and Medupi power stations on-stream. They should have been up and running by 2017 and increased Eskom’s generation capacity by 50%. They are years behind schedule and hugely over budget.
It is a given that this is because of huge corruption and incompetence on the part of managers and contractors. I propose a commission of inquiry into the whole sorry affair, similar to the Zondo state capture inquiry, but one that will move at a faster pace and have the power to prosecute the guilty...
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