Power utility’s only hope lies in full privatisation
29 August 2023 - 16:33
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Cometh the hour, cometh the man! Moeletsi Mbeki, brother of our second president of the democratic era, has said the unsayable.
He said the ANC ideology of BEE broke Eskom, the world’s best electricity utility in 2001. The sky has not fallen. We all — even the ANC — know he is correct.
The ANC has destroyed the disciplined technical model that built Eskom. Chinese money won’t save Eskom. The only hope is full privatisation.
Willem Cronje Cape Town
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LETTER: BEE has broken Eskom
Power utility’s only hope lies in full privatisation
Cometh the hour, cometh the man! Moeletsi Mbeki, brother of our second president of the democratic era, has said the unsayable.
He said the ANC ideology of BEE broke Eskom, the world’s best electricity utility in 2001. The sky has not fallen. We all — even the ANC — know he is correct.
The ANC has destroyed the disciplined technical model that built Eskom. Chinese money won’t save Eskom. The only hope is full privatisation.
Willem Cronje
Cape Town
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 Anonymous correspondence will not be published.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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