Eskom load shedding decision

me_ said:
Yes, but he's had more than enough time to fix it...
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Ja, in all fairness to Zuma it is not an issue he could fix, with or without any kind of intervention - it required far greater input in the late 90s through to 2002, before his time. This is the result of decisions taken a long time ago. You cannot expect a Std 4 to fix anything on the Eskom side.

The problem is far greater than one person, and if it were not, that one person would definitely not be Zuma. For all other things, lets hold him accountable. But on this issue, things run a million different directions.
 
GreGorGy said:
The problem is far greater than one person, and if it were not, that one person would definitely not be Zuma. For all other things, lets hold him accountable. But on this issue, things run a million different directions.
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Sorry, have to disagree - It's got worse under his watch. The government appoints the Eskom CEO. Zuma is their boss, the responsibility is absolutely his. He should take action and instruct cabinet to remove these jokers when they fail to perform and let Eskom slide backwards more. This goes for SO many appointments. He's always happy to look the other way and let incompetents run the show, and they're never ever accountable for the disaster they leave in their wake.
 
stefan9 said:
Its BS. Business have funds to get generators,ect to cope with it. Most Citizens do not.
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Commerce, yes I agree - not industry. It's not economically viable to build your own alternative power supply for heavy industry.

As crappy as the situation is, this is the right call. We're already sliding backwards with foreign investment, and an unstable power supply to industry would just make things worse.

Next time I get load shed I'll be annoyed, but a lot less annoyed than reading a headline "BMW leaves South Africa destroying 10,000 jobs"
 
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Ja - the eskom damage was done during Mbeki's term when two prodigies were being groomed so that one could take over the helm at Eskom. One of them was selected (the Mbeki ally) and the other (zuma ally) moved on. The PBMR, mass corruption and poor tender processes all took place well before 2009. These problems are as a result - no man in charge can prevent them.
 
GreGorGy said:
Ja - the eskom damage was done during Mbeki's term when two prodigies were being groomed so that one could take over the helm at Eskom. One of them was selected (the Mbeki ally) and the other (zuma ally) moved on. The PBMR, mass corruption and poor tender processes all took place well before 2009. These problems are as a result - no man in charge can prevent them.
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Zuma has been in power long enough to have built new power stations from scratch. Mbeki might have been as bad as Zuma, but today's mess is directly Zuma's fault - it was his job to rectify Mbeki's errors and he has not.
 
elvis_presley said:
Zuma has been in power long enough to have built new power stations from scratch. Mbeki might have been as bad as Zuma, but today's mess is directly Zuma's fault - it was his job to rectify Mbeki's errors and he has not.
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With what money?
At one stage (about 5/6 years ago), a power station cost in the region of R80bn to build. It's since gone up to almost double that, after the soccer WC (due to inflated cement prices and inflation, etc). That, combined with the time it takes to build it.
 
froot said:
With what money?
At one stage (about 5/6 years ago), a power station cost in the region of R80bn to build. It's since gone up to almost double that, after the soccer WC (due to inflated cement prices and inflation, etc). That, combined with the time it takes to build it.
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Money has never been the delivery bottleneck, incompetence has. If they'd had a competent construction team delivering results on time it would be even less of a problem and they'd be paying back the loan by now.

The presidency steps in to resolve big issues in the economy - heads should have rolled over the Medupi disaster. They didn't, and we're where we are today. Non-delivery without consequence. It's the lack of consequence which is the hallmark of how Zuma screws everything up.
 
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dualmeister said:
I find load shedding on weekends more disruptive.
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Yeah - most bigger companies have massive genies that can run a couple days straight. Plus laptops can patch over 4 hours of no power on their own via battery.

At home its a big schlep not having juice.
 
Up to now I have refrained from alternative energy sources (solar and wind) and battery backup systems as it was just to expensive compared to my electricity usage/billing.

However, out of frustration we are kinda forced into this direction. I really think the government should have tax rebates or something to help home owners in this area, but I will not keep my breath for that to happen.

Anyway, here we go shopping :)
 
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