If it felt like tectonic plates shifted last week, it might be because they finally did. In two remarkable days, the government apparently embraced privatisation (in the case of SAA), while President Cyril Ramaphosa dramatically increased the generation cap for power production independent of Eskom, which could help to alleviate the prolonged power crisis.Now, South Africans prone to premature optimism have been badly scalded before, but could these two events be the kind of growth-inducing game-changers the country has been craving?The caveat, as always, is that these are the decisions of an ANC-led government, for which the national interest has, for years, been subordinate to what’s best for the party, and in particular, the pockets of avaricious officials.And in the case of SAA, the "deal" immediately raises as many questions as answers. For example, how much capital will be needed; who is supplying it; and why have the buyers not completed their due diligence? Also, who else wa...
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