Former Eskom chief André de Ruyter feels the power utility is broken beyond repair

Unreal said:
Got a lift from a Zulu man when he was 16?
In South Africa?
This South Africa?
When he was 16?
That South Africa?

Nevermind I’ve never really been good at maths.
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Yes. The situation back then was not as you were made to believe. This current widespread racial hatred where something like getting a lift from a Zulu person is unimaginable, did not exist back then, it is a machination by the ruling party to solidify their power with younger voters. I don't want to sit and type through a whole history, suffice to say back then everyone was just people to most people, we all suffered under the same regime, pretty much the same as today. Except today the racism is reversed and much worse than it ever was. To be very clear, apartheid was bad, I did not want or support it, and I still do not. But I also do not support or want the current regime, I think its worse.
 
Maybe there is a middle ground although I very much doubt it in ANC SA. de Ruyter was never going to dismantle the systematic hollowing out of Eskom by the ANC undertaken over nearly 30 years. But, I do not think that was his job description; it was to break Eskom up into three. Also, Eskom is a behemoth; albeit a rotten one. One external CEO can not only never grasp its complexities and degree of rottenness quickly, if at all.

But de Ruyter found this out and more; the ANC never had any intention of addressing Eskom's rotten structure and they still don't. Shooting the messenger numerous times achieves precisely nothing.
 
Oldfut said:
Maybe there is a middle ground although I very much doubt it in ANC SA. de Ruyter was never going to dismantle the systematic hollowing out of Eskom by the ANC undertaken over nearly 30 years. But, I do not think that was his job description; it was to break Eskom up into three. Also, Eskom is a behemoth; albeit a rotten one. One external CEO can not only never grasp its complexities and degree of rottenness quickly, if at all.

But de Ruyter found this out and more; the ANC never had any intention of addressing Eskom's rotten structure and they still don't. Shooting the messenger numerous times achieves precisely nothing.
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You sound like an Oldfut….
 
surface said:
No, remember your tribe never took any favors (not even a penny off your parents) so be happy about 10%

Eskom will trod along for a while on stage 6.
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Damn straight I never took a penny off my parents... well ok, I paid them back for the ones I did "take" :p (with interest as well, fscking snakes that they are)
 
ToxicBunny said:
Damn straight I never took a penny off my parents... well ok, I paid them back for the ones I did "take" :p (with interest as well, fscking snakes that they are)
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Correct and eventually they would donate all their estate to SPCA with not a penny passed to next generation. Every generation starts from scratch - what a glorious tribe.
 
surface said:
Correct and eventually they would donate all their estate to SPCA with not a penny passed to next generation. Every generation starts from scratch - what a glorious tribe.
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Oh hell no... If my parents don't geef me anything when they kip off, I'll be upset. I deserve some of their ill-gotten gains damnit.
 
M°°baba said:
Imagine getting over R550k monthly for 3 years to just look around and take notes that you can turn into a book.
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Imagine a dumass president that you voted for (twice…!) earning R3mil+ a year letting 3 Indian uncles run the show on his behalf and ****ed everything up just so he can try loot everything, that also wrote a book, a fantasy novel..

People like you think you are on the right side of history, but you simply aren't.
 
Pak Fa Fui said:
I mean broken yes, broken beyond repair is an exaggeration
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Not really. Repair would imply that there is existing equipment that could be fixed etc to meet demand. Reality, is there is not. The biggest failure by the government with Eskom was the failure to future provision and even for projects which they attempted to do so, keep on track and inline.

The utility is not in repairable state, it requires major replacement of its fleet.
 
This is what happens when means having a job doesn't actually mean that you have to do any work, when you're protected by labour laws, when there are no performance appraisals done by competent HR teams, when the union are in charge, not management.
 
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