JUSTICE MALALA: Gwede Mantashe — a windbag who blows no good
Mantashe has got what he wanted at Eskom, but he can’t fix what’s broken
18 January 2023 - 06:00
Last weekend, with the country in the grip of its umpteenth bout of stage 6 electricity blackouts, minister of mineral resources & energy Gwede Mantashe thought it advisable to lecture South Africans.
“Eskom must do introspection,” said Mantashe without irony. “Do we have the capacity, technically, to deal with the crisis? If not, can we go out and look for that capacity? If we don’t do that, it will be a very complex problem. It will take us six to 12 months to sort the issue if we pay attention to the issue.”..
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