Act against the looters of Eskom

ESKOM needs to be saved and President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to announce how this will be done at a Joint Sitting of Parliament today.

As load shedding reached Stage 4 this week and left South Africans frustrated and angered by the latest crisis to hit the power utility, details started to emerge on the current failures at the Medupi and Kusile power plants, which were once touted as being the solution to the country’s power crisis.

Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan yesterday spoke of law enforcement needing to do its job and arrest those who have looted and broken down Eskom.

He said there would be litigation against those responsible for building the two power stations where major design flaws have been found. It was his revelation, though, that they have uncovered “corruption at every turn” that will elicit the greatest anger from South Africans.

When the building of the power plants was delayed, there was continuous reinforcement that once they both were fully online, this would solve the country’s energy problems.

Now it appears that corruption, mismanagement and greed have once again endangered the economy and placed jobs at risk.

This is unacceptable. Those who have benefited from the crisis at Eskom must not get away with it.