A sign outside the Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. Medupi coal-fired power station in Lephalale, South Africa, on Thursday, May 19, 2022. South Africa’s Eskom is increasing power cuts to prevent a total collapse of the grid as issues grow from lack of imports to breakdowns at its coal-fired plants. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg
A sign outside the Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. Medupi coal-fired power station in Lephalale, South Africa, on Thursday, May 19, 2022. South Africa’s Eskom is increasing power cuts to prevent a total collapse of the grid as issues grow from lack of imports to breakdowns at its coal-fired plants. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg

Eskom: the epitome of all that has gone wrong in South Africa

Eskom is rapidly deteriorating and our economy is facing severe repercussions with little hope for any social justice, equality and poverty alleviation.
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Loadshedding seems to be our new norm and is bleeding our country's economy dry. Corruption is rife, incompetence is widespread and the coal-produced electricity issues seem to be multiplying. South Africa appears to be headed towards disaster as our government seems unable to reverse Eskom's deterioration – further damaging any hopes for alleviating poverty and social injustice. Read more about the ongoing power fiasco in the article below. – Carmen Mileder

Corrupt, failing Eskom is a picture of South Africa in miniature

By David Pilling

When André de Ruyter became chief executive of Eskom, South Africa's state power monopoly, someone warned him he was now boss of the country's biggest crime syndicate. De Ruyter, who quit the role in December after three bruising years, says: "Looking back, I think he might have had a point."

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