ANC, DA: Captain Obvious about Eskom, load shedding

Adding all those extra connections without expanding supply? The infrastructre left by the previous government can only stretch so far..
 
The last demand on the DA’s list was that government followed a “World Cup approach” to completing the Medupi and Kusile power stations.

“Medupi should have been online by 2007/8 already, yet experts estimate that it will not even reach 10 percent of its promised capacity to generate electricity by late next year,” said Maimane.

“Every possible step must be taken to prevent further work stoppages and disruptions at the power plants. No further strikes can be tolerated, and if necessary government must enact regulations to bar labour disruptions at Medupi and Kusile [construction sites].”
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Simple, really. Declare Medupi and Kusile as National Key Points.

Have the army and police stand by.

Should any of the workers start to strike, send the army/police in to escort them off, and fire them.

Employ new contractors/people who will do the same work.
 
The_Librarian said:
Simple, really. Declare Medupi and Kusile as National Key Points.

Have the army and police stand by.

Should any of the workers start to strike, send the army/police in to escort them off, and fire them.

Employ new contractors/people who will do the same work.
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The solution unfortunately requires a political will that doesn't exist in this country...
 
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^^^ yet a year later, nothing has been done about this clown.
 
Ahhhhh cANCer... Always playing the apardheid/race card.
 
evilstebunny said:
Adding all those extra connections without expanding supply? The infrastructre left by the previous government can only stretch so far..
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In the late 80s, Eskom had the (very belated) foresight to realise that the apartheid govt was taking us nowhere, and conceived the electricity for all vision, helped by its complete overplanning of power stations. The period during the 90s (a few years before democracy and a few years after) was when most of new connections to citizens were made. The democratic government inherited massive apartheid debt and an even bigger infrastructure deficit (water, sanitation, education, health - you name it) which had left most South Africans impoverished and the country cash-strapped.

The new government did a miraculous job transforming that and we should all be grateful. They did make mistakes and especially in energy.

It is the specifically the government of the last few years that has failed to continue the transformation and let us down in every conceivable sector and taken us into crisis of corruption and lack of delivery.
 
Chris.Geerdts said:
In the late 80s, Eskom had the (very belated) foresight to realise that the apartheid govt was taking us nowhere, and conceived the electricity for all vision, helped by its complete overplanning of power stations. The period during the 90s (a few years before democracy and a few years after) was when most of new connections to citizens were made. The democratic government inherited massive apartheid debt and an even bigger infrastructure deficit (water, sanitation, education, health - you name it) which had left most South Africans impoverished and the country cash-strapped.

The new government did a miraculous job transforming that and we should all be grateful. They did make mistakes and especially in energy.

It is the specifically the government of the last few years that has failed to continue the transformation and let us down in every conceivable sector and taken us into crisis of corruption and lack of delivery.
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Despite all you said, who in their right mind adds more drainage to a finite resource without expanding capacity then goes 'idonbelieveit' when everything comes crashing down?
 
Chris.Geerdts said:
In the late 80s, Eskom had the (very belated) foresight to realise that the apartheid govt was taking us nowhere, and conceived the electricity for all vision, helped by its complete overplanning of power stations. The period during the 90s (a few years before democracy and a few years after) was when most of new connections to citizens were made. The democratic government inherited massive apartheid debt and an even bigger infrastructure deficit (water, sanitation, education, health - you name it) which had left most South Africans impoverished and the country cash-strapped.

The new government did a miraculous job transforming that and we should all be grateful. They did make mistakes and especially in energy.

It is the specifically the government of the last few years that has failed to continue the transformation and let us down in every conceivable sector and taken us into crisis of corruption and lack of delivery.
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The first reason why we have loadshedding is that Thabo Mbheki wanted private companies to start producing electricity but that failed because ESKOM is producing electricity at a lower rate at what you can sell. No company came on board and they waited too long before they started to plan new power stations.
The second reason is because ESKOM did not do maintenance for the last few years! This is why thinks happen such as silos fall apart etc.
 
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ThinkCentre said:
The first reason why we have loadshedding is that Thabo Mbheki wanted private companies to start producing electricity but that failed because ESKOM is producing electricity at a lower rate at what you can sell. No company came on board as the waited too long before that started to plan new power stations.
This is not the only reason for loadshedding! The second reason is because ESKOM did not do maintenance for the last few years! This is why thinks happen such as silos fall apart etc.
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Actually there were plenty companies (both local and international) wanting to become secondary electricity producers . Unfortunately government at the time fsked around so much with finalising legislation and guidelines (probably because some cadre felt they deserved a massive penguin salute) that likely candidates eventually just gave up and took up investment opportunities elsewhere.
At around the same time the very same government dumbasses put all Eskom's plans for future developments on hold

The result is the bunfight we see today

Couple of mates I studied with way back in the day and who worked for Eskom for many years reckon that if government got serious about sorting out illegal connections, load shedding would be unnecessary ... but ... we all know the political implications that would have for the cANCer ... so it's never going to happen
 
The ANC will need to change their name. ANC "Another Night with Candles" is starting to catch on
 
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