Affirmative Action (AA) is the malicious core of ANC policy that destroyed Eskom
21 February 2019
The crisis at Eskom is the creation of the ANC government and ANC policies such as Affirmative Action (AA) which is the malicious core of government policy that has exchanged expertise for cadre appointments and which has forced ESKOM, like the country's economy, on its knees .
The ANC government has for fifteen years on all levels of government allowed the debt owed to ESKOM to spiral out of control whilst taking no action. In the last decade, ESKOM had twelve CEOs, six chairmen, sixty directors and thirty executives who have been paid R540 million over the last ten years. All they did was to stand by and watch the destruction of ESKOM.
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan said last week in parliament a major reason for the crisis is a lack of expertise, and especially of engineers. While South Africa is shrouded in the dark, former ESKOM engineers are building a state-of-the-art power station in the Philippines.
Why don't they help at ESKOM? The answer is simple. Due to the ANC's archaic policy of Affirmative Action, they are not welcome at ESKOM because of the colour of their skin. Ironically, it is the poorest and most vulnerable in the community who suffer the most as the economy collapses.