It can’t be that, year in and year out, millions are given to the utility but the power supply doesn’t improve
Eskom’s Megawatt Park headquarters in Johannesburg. Picture: BLOOMBERG/WALDO SWIEGERS
There has always been a culture of comradeship among liberation movement politicians. They protect each other at all times and this has entrenched a culture of impunity at all levels. Events at Eskom illustrate this. It cannot be that, year in and year out, millions are given to Eskom but there is no improvement in the power supply.
Surely someone is benefiting from the status quo. Let’s support the call for a thorough investigation. The rot must be rooted out.
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