Only shock treatment can help Eskom now

02 October 2022 - 00:02

By William Gumede

Vilifying Eskom CEO André de Ruyter for the power outages is misplaced, as years of corruption, mismanagement, lack of planning and maintenance poisoned the company to the point that fixing it will need shock therapy, which the ANC does not have the will to administer because it will mean breaking up the party’s vested interests, writes William Gumede.

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