So former Eskom chairperson Valli Moosa, under whose watch the ANC entered into a dubious deal linked to the building of the Medupi coal power station, has asked for a post-facto national debate on whether political parties should enter into business...
The queen's been in her parlour, eating bread and honey; the king's been in his counting house, counting out his money: word is, Eskom's been given the thumbs up on its Medupi loan by the high royalty of IFIs, the World Bank herself.
Barbara Hogan...
The electricity-supply crisis that has South Africa's economy in a mortal grip has been predicted for years. Though these pessimists had only basic arithmetic, elementary economics and common sense as qualifications, they can today claim vindication....