The people vs Eskom

Noseweek Issue #233, 1st March 2019   By Jonathan Erasmus


The people vs Eskom

It’s unanimous: Eskom is the most hated organisation in South Africa. If you have attended or have been watching the public hearings held by the National Energy Regulator (Nersa) on whether Eskom should be given a 45% tariff increase over three years, you will realise that Eskom does not even trust itself – despite asking South Africans to cough up another trillion rand.

Even the Rastafarians booked a hearing slot to tell Eskom to “fix what needs to be fixed”.

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Submitted by : Rod Gurzynski of Cape Town on 2019-02-23 17:43:57
Renewable energy has absolutely nothing to do with Eskom's financial woes. The 'scrap expensive renewable energy' meme has been injected into the twittersphere Bell-Pottinger style, from which dark hole it emerges like mushrooms, even inside noseweek.

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