Readers’Views

More questions than answers about powers of proposed CRO

The concluding rhetorical questions in Samantha Enslin-Payne’s column “Rearranging deck chairs on the Eskom Titanic?” (February 24) have made me realise there can be no substance to the proposed appointment of a chief reorganisation officer (CRO) without more questions being answered.

These include:

● What powers and authority will be granted to the CRO to enforce the mandate of the Sustainability Task Team (STT) if co-operation is lacking?

● To whom will the CRO be accountable for the satisfactory execution of the mandate?

● Will the CRO be empowered to co-opt people onto his/her team with specific skills, knowledge and experience to expedite the requirements of the mandate?

● In what way is the STT’s mandate different from all the other attempts at improving the performance of Eskom?

Unless these questions are answered honestly and promptly, the Eskom Titanic will continue on its perilous trajectory with or without the CRO.

John S Whybrow, Swellendam

Talk talk, plans, plans ... and nothing happens.

We’ll need an officer to manage the restructure officer soon, and a commission to follow up why no-one listened to this new consultant.

L Skywalker, on businesslive

Just a thought: we all hear that the problem with renewable energy is that it is mostly only available during daylight.

Yet we never have load-shedding in the wee hours!

Rod McLeman, on businesslive

Cable theft an act of treason

SA risks being classified as a failed and dysfunctional state by international financial and banking institutions due to Eskom’s load-shedding and rampant cable theft.

It is an act of treason, and actually an act of sabotage, to brazenly steal power cables during load-shedding. These heinous acts are a massive frontal assault on our democracy.

Replacing copper cables costs cash-strapped Eskom R1.3bn a year. It costs Transnet and Telkom over R80m a year to replace stolen cables.

The cost to the economy is about R7bn per year.

It is time to eliminate this scourge by ruthlessly implementing the law. Dithering is a luxury SA cannot afford as it teeters precariously on the edge of a total blackout.

The international ratings agencies are watching us with eagle eyes. Should we falter along the way, rest assured that we will be degraded to junk status, with all its global ramifications.

Farouk Araie, Benoni

We’re already junk

We don’t need to listen to these spineless ratings agencies any more as they are desperately trying to avoid making the “junk” decision.

The ANC has, and is, actively downgrading SA at an alarming rate.

Internationally, SA is already considered “junk”.

Alan Macleod, on businesslive