President Cyril Ramaphosa used the ANC’s January 8th Statement to allay fears of an Eskom collapse.
Ramaphosa told ANC supporters at the party’s anniversary festivities in Kimberley in the Northern Cape that Eskom was “too big to fail” and that the utility will be supported.
“Eskom is the largest company in our country. It is too big to fail. And we won’t allow it to fail. Instead, we will rebuild it and support it,” Ramaphosa told crowds to a muted response. “Cosatu since August has called for the entire board of Eskom to step down. We are saying to the rest of the board: do the honourable thing and follow suit,” said Cosatu president Zingiswa Losi during a message of support delivered at the former liberation movement’s anniversary celebrations.
Ramaphosa said he has appointed Deputy President David Mabuza to head up the war room to restore Eskom. In 2018, the Shutdown Kimberley campaign in the township of Galeshewe forced former Sol Plaatje municipalitymayor Mangaliso Matika to resign over complaints of poor service delivery.And, with the Northern Cape afflicted by an ongoing devastating drought, ANC leaders were peppered with complaints by residents.
“We have started the process of effecting performance evaluation at local government level … Where there is poor or no performance there will be consequences. We will ensure that we will root out bad performance. Those who don’t perform their duties will be dealt with and there will be performance management,” Ramaphosa said.
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