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It is factually incorrect to attribute Eskom’s current troubles to Jacob Zuma’s tenure as president, blaming his cronies and captured management and letting the German builders of two cost-inflated, badly designed and extremely behind-schedule power stations off scot-free.
Has anyone asked what role Cyril Ramaphosa played in the “Eskom war room” during his time as government business head? It is fallacy that the ANC government inherited a well-oiled Eskom from the apartheid government. That’s comparing apples with watermelons.
I hold no brief for Zuma and his cabal, and nor do I support the majority of the decisions made during his presidency, but being fed inaccurate and biased information from people distorting historical facts in pursuit of narrowly conceived political narrative will not help resolve the load-shedding problem.
Thabo Kgaladi, Pretoria East
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LETTER: Zuma is not to blame for Eskom’s troubles
It is factually incorrect to attribute Eskom’s current troubles to Jacob Zuma’s tenure as president, blaming his cronies and captured management and letting the German builders of two cost-inflated, badly designed and extremely behind-schedule power stations off scot-free.
Has anyone asked what role Cyril Ramaphosa played in the “Eskom war room” during his time as government business head? It is fallacy that the ANC government inherited a well-oiled Eskom from the apartheid government. That’s comparing apples with watermelons.
I hold no brief for Zuma and his cabal, and nor do I support the majority of the decisions made during his presidency, but being fed inaccurate and biased information from people distorting historical facts in pursuit of narrowly conceived political narrative will not help resolve the load-shedding problem.
Thabo Kgaladi, Pretoria East
JOIN THE DISCUSSION: Send us an email with your comments to letters@businesslive.co.za. Letters of more than 300 words will be edited for length. Anonymous correspondence will not be published. Writers should include a daytime telephone number.
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