TOM EATON | Preferring incompetence to corruption is a sure sign we’ve hit rock bottom

Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa’s tour of Eskom’s and his findings, so far, has done little in the way of reassurance

23 March 2023 - 22:33

Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has reassured the nation that most of the catastrophic dysfunction at Eskom power plants is because of incompetence rather than corruption, suggesting that he has very little experience of reassuring people.  ..

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