Eskom keep bringing on the clowns

Sean Maritz has been appointed to head Eskom. Allegedly, Maritz, once upon a time, appointed a church pal of his to an IT position in the utility, at a monthly salary of R100 000.

With so many clowns having been appointed CEO of Eskom over the last three years, namely Ben Ngubane, Johnny Dladla, Brian Molefe and Koko the clown, we now have additions to the circus family.

Anoj Singh and Sean Maritz. Although the board says it’s the largest and most important giving everyone a chance to be owned by the state ? a CEO, one waits with baited With R400 billion in loans breath for them to appoint the potentially at risk to be called tea lady. up as a result of Eskom’s irrational

Stand-up comedian and author actions, the utility runs George Carlin says this a serious possibility of a credit about circuses: “Just because downgrade. you got the monkey off your Expect Eskom’s board, now back, doesn’t mean the circus has left town.”

How absurd is it that so many buffoons have been appointed to head an entity which is arguably

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lacking in probity, to behave in a manner suggested by the artist, Salvador Dali, who said; “What is important is to spread confusion, not eliminate it.”

Then, from author Tom Peters, “if you're not confused, you’re not paying attention”.

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Nathan Cheiman,