Pravin Gordhan should account for Eskom’s diesel expenditure before he departs
29 April 2024
The inefficiency of blowing nearly R45 Billion on diesel over the past two years (up to end-March 2024) to mitigate the impact of regular electricity black-outs has the same effect on the well-being of the citizens as state capture.
It takes money that could be spent alleviating the suffering of millions of South Africans and pours it into a bottomless hole (whereas state capture poured it into politically connected pockets).
Pouring increasing quantities of expensive diesel at a problem that began 16 years ago – instead of fixing the problem – is indicative of a State that is bereft of ideas, knowledge, skills and determination.
The skills and integrity deficit that have become Eskom’s hallmark are arguably among the primary reasons for the failure of South Africa’s economy to recover from the 2008 global recession.