Riyaz Patel
An Eskom board member says “political interference” is impeding it from executing decisions that could prevent the power utility’s collapse.
Busisiwe Mavuso told the Parliaments Committee on Appropriations (SCOA) that the board was repeatedly stymied by “political considerations” from taking steps that would help drag Eskom out of the red.
“I’ll tell you what we’ll do. We’d actually go to South Africans and say we need to load shed at least for the next eight months.”
Busisiwe Mavuso, Eskom board member
A fired-up Mavuso vented frustration with government instructions that overturned board decisions, saying if it was up to the board, Eskom would “load shed for the next eight months” so that long-neglected maintenance could be carried out on ageing power stations.
“If we were given the latitude to actually make decisions without political interference as this board, I’ll tell you what we’ll do. We’d actually go to
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