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WORLDVIEW: Stakeholders, privatisation, and the Eskom split
How do you solve a problem like Eskom? Itβs a difficult question with no easy answers. And that includes calls for privatisation.
By Felicity Duncan
How do you solve a problem like Eskom? It's a difficult question with no easy answers.
It's also a very high-stakes question. Eskom is absolutely fundamental to all of South Africa's hopes for economic development. With all the will in the world, you cannot build a 21st-century economy without reliable electricity. We can talk all we want to about the Third Industrial Revolution and the digital future β but let's keep in mind that all today's fancy technologies rely on a stream of good, old-fashioned electrons. If SA can't fix Eskom, it faces a truly existential threat.
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