Eskom needs to be closed down to cut the umbilical cord to the ANC’s finances
01 March 2023 - 17:42
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Kusile Power Station in Mpumalanga in January 2023. Picture: FREDDY MAVUNDA/BUSINESS DAY
Denene Erasmus’s article on Eskom refers (“Eskom in 20 years: a fast transition or an accelerating collapse?”, March 1). What government with an ounce of intelligence and thoughtfulness for its people builds coal-fired power stations despite knowing the effects of carbon pollution?
As Erasmus says: “By 2050 there will not be any role for coal to play in a net-zero world.” So, it was not with electricity in mind that the Kusile and Medupi power stations were approved by the ANC. It was the funding of the ANC as a party. If SA gets the government it deserves, the voters must surely by now realise they deserve better.
Those in the know are making their own plans for green electricity. At least we can take power into our own hands, free of government corruption, incompetence and failure. Eskom needs to be closed down to cut the umbilical cord to the ANC’s finances.
Andrew Pollock Constantia
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Eskom needs to be closed down to cut the umbilical cord to the ANC’s finances
Denene Erasmus’s article on Eskom refers (“Eskom in 20 years: a fast transition or an accelerating collapse?”, March 1). What government with an ounce of intelligence and thoughtfulness for its people builds coal-fired power stations despite knowing the effects of carbon pollution?
As Erasmus says: “By 2050 there will not be any role for coal to play in a net-zero world.” So, it was not with electricity in mind that the Kusile and Medupi power stations were approved by the ANC. It was the funding of the ANC as a party. If SA gets the government it deserves, the voters must surely by now realise they deserve better.
Those in the know are making their own plans for green electricity. At least we can take power into our own hands, free of government corruption, incompetence and failure. Eskom needs to be closed down to cut the umbilical cord to the ANC’s finances.
Andrew Pollock
Constantia
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 Anonymous correspondence will not be published.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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