Stop playing dumb ANC, Eskom has messed up

All these Eskom stories...

If Eskom breaks wind we get a full article. :D

Anyone keeping count?
 
Mantashe argued that capacity is overloaded because the economy is growing, and more people now have access to electricity.

Must be a politician.

Taking credit for doing nothing :whistle:
 
“After 1994, we had to provide energy to all, because people had the right to energy, and we suddenly realised we don’t have enough,” Zuma said.

Wow! You had 20 years to figure that out? :rolleyes:
 
“After 1994, we had to provide energy to all, because people had the right to energy, and we suddenly realised we don’t have enough,” Zuma said.
and instead of responsibly increasing power stations (while not neglecting maintenance on existing) and gradually offering electricity to more areas, as capacity and supply increases, they just opened the floodgates, not to mention allowing so many freeloaders, lest they loose votes.
there really is no valid excuse for the ANC to get the blame off them.
and to make matters worse, they arent exactly really trying to fix the problems.
all the anc can do is play the blame game.... doesnt solve the issues JZ!

may be a right to energy, but for many of us, that right stops when we dont pay our bills. if all the freeloaders were given the right to pay for what they want, and the right to go without it if they dont pay, the money received could have gone a long way towards increasing supply

still the anc isnt really serious about solving the crisis (which they dont even acknowledge), or they would have looked to getting other people/companies to add to the supply, but they want to rather keep the monopoly to a company who just cannot step up
 
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If only they would clamp down illegal connections and turn off the lights of non-payers. Half of their problems would be solved...
 
The only way this view could have been made more worful was if you compared the runaway costs taxpayers are incurring on these power stations to something like Tata Mundra (India).

Mundra (approx. 4,000MW) started in 2008 (iirc) and completed in 2012 at a cost of approx. R32Bn. Compare this to the budgeted cost of Medupi and what it'll ultimately cost us, and then you can see how truly devastating this is.

It's not just the delays and lost opportunity cost, but the actual Rand value which has been flushed down the great white porcelain express. Eish! :(
 
I'm willing to bet the cronies in charge know their time is limited and will soon be out (hopefully) of the drivers seat. So instead of fixing the problem, they'll leave it for the next person in charge to fix so they can concentrate on plundering as much ill gotten gains as they can.
 
I'm willing to bet the cronies in charge know their time is limited and will soon be out (hopefully) of the drivers seat. So instead of fixing the problem, they'll leave it for the next person in charge to fix so they can concentrate on plundering as much ill gotten gains as they can.

Isn't that what you expect from the ANC (TM)
 
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