The SA Politics Thread Part 2

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All political parties (including the ANC, DA and EFF) should march to Eskom HQ to present their grievances to the man running the power utility Andre de Ruyter. Andre is not based at Luthuli House nor is he an ANC leader.
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nor is he allowed to do his job.
 
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Galactica said:
All political parties (including the ANC, DA and EFF) should march to Eskom HQ to present their grievances to the man running the power utility Andre de Ruyter. Andre is not based at Luthuli House nor is he an ANC leader.
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What if people believe that the solution to the energy problem is outside of Eskom, at a ministerial level, where they can break the power monopoly.
 
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Galactica said:
Stop making excuses for a Chief Executive Officer.
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Out of the 200 white engineers offered to help fix this BS, they were only allowed to hire 18 because of quotas. Also, not allowed to retrench because ANC will lose votes. Not allowed to go back to rail because ANC will lose votes and truck tendas.
 
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Galactica said:
All political parties (including the ANC, DA and EFF) should march to Eskom HQ to present their grievances to the man running the power utility Andre de Ruyter. Andre is not based at Luthuli House nor is he an ANC leader.
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Oh, here we go... "What about Eskom???? What about Union Buildings????"

Guess what, you know how the ANC is in control of the gov and that Eskom is controlled by that same gov... Can you connect the dots here?

What party was at the helm of the gov deploying people to Eskom up until this point? What party controlled the gov's DMRE and DPE to the point where almost all the SOEs (incl. Eskom) are completely beyond saving?

I mean it's quite convenient to march to Eskom, but that's not the problem itself, ain't it? Who destroyed Eskom to this point where we have load shedding almost permanently and where the company itself is in shambles?

That's right, ANC! And where is ANC headquartered?

P.S. Before you hit me with the "What about De Ruyter?????" meme, the problem started before he got there, he could do **** all about it. No matter who gets appointed there, the core problem remains the same...
 
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Galactica said:
All political parties (including the ANC, DA and EFF) should march to Eskom HQ to present their grievances to the man running the power utility Andre de Ruyter. Andre is not based at Luthuli House nor is he an ANC leader.
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Who signs off on new generation? That is the only thing that will fix the power shortage...
 
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3WA said:
What if people believe that the solution to the energy problem is outside of Eskom, at a ministerial level, where they can break the power monopoly.
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Precisely. Eskom and the SOEs problems are purely ****ing political (of course, that in of itself destroyed them financially thx to looting, etc).

The ANC refuses to move from their kak ideology even a bit to resolve this, nor do they have the know-how or will to do anything about it.

Eskom's board can change 900023124019 times until next year and the problem remains the same.

The. Problem. Is. ANC.
 
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Mike Hoxbig said:
Who signs off on new generation? That is the only thing that will fix the power shortage...
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This guy:
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Galactica said:
You must learn to distinguish between party and state.
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Not sure if serious or joking .....

“[The ANC is] more important” than the Constitution. “No political force can destroy the ANC – it is only the ANC that can destroy itself… “[the Constitution is only there] to regulate matters.”
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“God expects us to rule this country because we are the only organisation which was blessed by pastors when it was formed. It is even blessed in Heaven. That is why we will rule until Jesus comes back. We should not allow anyone to govern our city [Cape Town] when we are ruling the country.”
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Ramaphosa was asked by Zondo whether it would be “fair” to assume that “when it came to board members and chairpersons of important SOEs such as Transnet, Eskom, Denel, SAA, as well as their CEOs”, their appointment would have gone through the deployment committee of the ANC.
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/art...-about-the-partys-cadre-deployment-committee/
After some equivocation, Ramaphosa responded: “The expectation would be yes.”
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/art...-about-the-partys-cadre-deployment-committee/
In his report, Zondo would go on to conclude that the collapse of once-thriving SOEs was at least partly linked to the fact that “most, if not all, of these entities were led by Chief Executive Officers and Boards of Directors who would have been approved by the ruling party through its national deployment committee”.
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3WA said:
What if people believe that the solution to the energy problem is outside of Eskom, at a ministerial level, where they can break the power monopoly.
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Before we talk of such long term strategies Eskom must fix their power stations now to attend to the black outs that are ongoing. Maintenance and availability of the stations is the responsibility of the Eskom CEO.
 
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Galactica said:
Before we talk of such long term strategies Eskom must fix their power stations now to attend to the black outs that are ongoing. Maintenance and availability is the stations is the responsibility of the Eskom CEO.
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Fixing Eskom’s stations is a longer term strategy than breaking Eskom’s monopoly.
 
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