Eskom balks at going after McKinsey and Trillian money. Because if they do, they also have to go after Jacob Zuma’s big friends, the Guptas. Leon van der Schyff Eskom tariff hikes are “indefensible and unaffordable, at almost six times inflation”.to sell off generation units to the private sector. Doing so would break up a monopoly that is proving exceedingly costly to the SA economy and generate cash to pay down debts. Mani None Any financial restructuring of Eskom will need Saxonwold’s prior authorisation, as it may lead to a drop in lucrative contract allocations to “friends and family”. Les Thorpe Eskom is destroying SA’s economy through rampant corruption. Francoise Phillips If these thieves were to cut their fruitless and wasteful expenditure to zero, they wouldn’t need an increase. Alan Collier They don’t make military coups like they used to. If Zimbabwe is fixed, will SA’s hospitality industry survive? All the waiters in Johannesburg, Cape Town or anywhere else in SA are fr...

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