Ramaphosa says Eskom manager told him they were stopped from doing maintenance for 12 years

[Petec]

“Obviously, it’s very easy to blame the President and government and yet, these problems have come way back from the past,” he stressed."

Erm, nope.
The cartels swapping (stealing) high-grade coal, and then effortlessly exporting to Europe...
The bribed plant managers allowing low grade coal/stones and gravel, to be put into the burners...
The lack of sticking to long-term maintenance, because the parts have been sold off as well as the contractors sabotaging so a week of maintenance takes them months...
Bloated workforce with little to zero experience in their various positions...

The above is not from "The Past" Mr. Pressodonut...
It's all been orchestrated, implemented, and flourishing, under your Administration and Showerhead's run, AND with the seal of approval from Luthuli House.

 

[Thugscub]

There have been so many echo's since 1994

Surely the masses aren't that moronic.

Believe me they are.

 

[chrisc]

Believe me they are.

100% agree

 

[The Darkness]

We need to be careful of throwing the baby out with the bath water. Cyril Ramaphosa is what’s keeping the RET faction at bay and out of leadership. We need to look to support his directives and seek to let business and government collaborate in fixing this issue. We are at a good point to do so. Of all of the emerging economies SA is one of the strongest and with huge potential. Keep in mind that humans are a reactive species, and we need to be at this point to inject urgency in a solution. We wouldn’t be where we are now had there not been an ice age.

 

[MagNorthDigital]

There have been so many echo's since 1994

Surely the masses aren't that moronic.

They are, and their attention span is ... that long. Oh and no job and hungry.

Your mistake is reasoning from the point that they think at all.

If you sat the masses on their asses and told them they could get 70% of the country, and get payed every month for exactly what they are doing now, with a few conditions that where strongly and diligently enforced. The masses would vote for it, today.

 

[MagNorthDigital]

We are all moronic for allowing this once beautiful, prosperous country to become a thief's paradise and continue to allow the guvmunt to destroy SOE's and then bail them out.

Like you had a choice?

 

[MagNorthDigital]

We need to be careful of throwing the baby out with the bath water. Cyril Ramaphosa is what’s keeping the RET faction at bay and out of leadership. We need to look to support his directives and seek to let business and government collaborate in fixing this issue. We are at a good point to do so. Of all of the emerging economies SA is one of the strongest and with huge potential. Keep in mind that humans are a reactive species, and we need to be at this point to inject urgency in a solution. We wouldn’t be where we are now had there not been an ice age.

The ANC is not that cold.
Hoping that your bread bin is magically going to fill itself, will only lead one way.

Cyril Ramaphosa is the current thief in charge. That is all.

Wake up man, the writing is on the wall.

 

[PaulMurkin]

Believe me they are.

The masses are even dumber than you can imagine... We call them "slip-ons" because they can only slip shoes on, too dumb to tie the shoelaces

 

[The Darkness]

The ANC is not that cold.
Hoping that your bread bin is magically going to fill itself, will only lead one way.

Cyril Ramaphosa is the current thief in charge. That is all.

Wake up man, the writing is on the wall.

Things will get a lot worse if the RET faction takes control, and fast. The ANC is going nowhere. There’s no replacement party that everyone will believe in, thus, better we have CR at the helm than any alternative.
I also think that in light of the current situations, we are in a much better and more transparent position to correct our course.
SA is a great nation and country and we need to either work together or leave.

 

[The_MAC]

All the benefits, zero accountability, another day at the office

 

[lkswan747]

Like you had a choice?

?

 

[TEXTILE GUY]

There have been so many echo's since 1994

Surely the masses aren't that moronic.

Apparently issue of new coins will make it all better

 

[BBSA]

What happened to comrade Ramaphosa's defenders?

 

[surface]

Bloody Jan, again.

@JuliusSeizure - Exhibit A

 

[surface]

Yeah Mr President. You will fit perfectly on this forum for your "real life stories"

"“I met someone who was a manager at Eskom who said they were stopped from maintaining for 12 years.

 

[PaulMurkin]

What happened to comrade Ramaphosa's defenders?

The "New Dawn" (TM) malarkey has finally faded from memory, or they realized they were so dumb to fall for ANC bullshit

 

[now05ster]

@JuliusSeizure - Exhibit A

The italics denote sarcasm/humour. FUN, if you will.

You know those? You not a Pugla?

If you know this and if it's something else between you and your friend that I missed, like an inside joke, then advite me to your Bhangra party sokkie sokkie?

 

[etienne_marais]

Any chance that a manager really said that, any chance that it is true ? If so, due to funds or...

 

[PaulMurkin]

Any chance that a manager really said that, any chance that it is true ? If so, due to funds or...

I believe, or rather I have a feeling its a juicy fable spun so that the ANC has some fall guys in place for when Poeskom really goes tits-up. Apparently I talk kak here about power generation (as stated by others who scheme they work for Eskom but won't dare admit it because then they know we will come down on them like 3 ton concrete block).

The real problem with Poeskom is they lost all the people with knowledge so now they sit with incompetents who have no clue what they're doing. Everything is shrouded in secrecy, the only thing not a secret is your daily rodgering of loadshedding.

 

[dualmeister]

This Country is so ****ing screwed.