Table Talk
In the end it’s our country and we must fix it, says Malegapuru Makgoba
Apart from holding the post of health ombud and doing coronavirus vaccine research, the much-accomplished professor Malegapuru William Makgoba now also has one of SA’s toughest jobs as interim chair of Eskom — which he wryly likens to being Bafana Bafana coach. Nadine Dreyer spoke to him
20 September 2020 - 00:00
There’s a strange dimension to the timing of my interview with professor Malegapuru William Makgoba. One of the many positions he currently occupies is that of interim chair of Eskom, and I ask him what alarmed him the most about the state of the embattled behemoth. “The fact that so many outsiders could come in and run the place,” he replies...
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