Not the brightest bulb on the tree

State power utility Eskom moves at glacial speed. News of Eskom chairman Ben Ngubane’s surprise resignation was splashed across media platforms on Tuesday morning. Even the ANC whip on the public enterprises study group managed to issue a statement during the day, calling for an investigation into allegations of corruption and misconduct at Eskom and the resignation of board members.

With barely an hour before close of trade on the JSE, Eskom issued a three-sentence statement to say Ngubane had resigned. Shocking.