Power crisis has nothing to do with ‘so-called’ corruption: electricity minister

Cut from the same clothe as Gwede and Jamnadas so not surprised. For entertainment's sake, let's go with sheer incompetence then?
 
“We are all in this together, the problem of load shedding must end,” he said.
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Until the ministers responsible for this mess have their taxpayer-sponsored generators taken away, we are patently not..

“The problems and challenges that we have here are technical problems, they have nothing to do with so-called corruption,” he said.
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So the fact that we are paying more & more for less & less electricity has nothing to do with R80k knee pads, R280k brooms, R200k mops or R26 toilet rolls? Never mind being pragmatic for some to eat a little of the transformation funds?

This one clearly is a donut, just like the rest..
 
Exactly the kind of narrative to push to get more state funds diverted to Eksom.

Well played Sir, I am sure the cadre's will be impressed with this swift start.
 
Can't say that I was naive enough to believe that he would be a good guy, but this doesn't seem good. Is there is chance that our new energy minister is a good guy @TheChamp ?
 
The ANC even admitted that corruption was a problem at Eskom, though doing anything about it was off the table because it would hurt their wallets.

While the examples of corruption, sabotage and fraud at Eskom go beyond coal to include diesel, valves and cables, the most important thing is that acts of crime are no longer everyday occurrences for most of Eskom’s power stations, said Magaxa. “In short, Eskom is not irreparably broken as the DA would wish, instead it suffers from a few ailments such as corruption, fraud and sabotage, which are the legacy of state capture.”

He described corruption allegations by De Ruyter as “childish”, saying the former CEO behaved like “a spoilt rich child who throws his toys all over the room because his R18m (salary) has reached a dead-end”.

De Ruyter actually earned R7m a year.

Magaxa accused De Ruyter of using Eskom to drive “his independent power producers’ agenda to capture Eskom to private accumulation at the expense of the poor of this country who by and large are black people”.

“Now because he is a white man, bourgeoisie racist media including these pathetic racist political parties had to believe this, including this former homeland general who is excited about court,” he said referring to UDM leader Bantu Holomisa who supported the establishment of an ad hoc committee and has taken the government to court over load-shedding.
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https://www.timeslive.co.za/politic...involved-in-eskom-corruption-das-steenhuisen/

And they blame De Ruyter because he is white.
 
"kaching!" Kgosientsho Ramokgopa getting some nice deposits into his bank account for his deflection statements.
 
This is exactly the kind of answer I was expecting from a 2-week old Minister who is trying to unpack years of corruption/incompetence, he doesn't know where to begin, and just defaulted to a safe answer that shifts the blame..
 
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