South Africa: Saving Eskom - No Immediate Privatisation, Unions Still Not Happy

analysis

And then there were three. South Africa's failing electricity parastatal, Eskom, is to be split into three separate entities in a restructuring exercise announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa during his State of the Nation Address.

Eskom Holdings will remain under control of the state, with Generation, Transmission and Distribution becoming separate units underneath. It's a solution unlikely to find many passionate fans, with one side arguing it's a dangerous move towards privatisation, and the other contending that this creates triple the headaches while maintaining all the problems.

...

AllAfrica publishes around 500 reports a day from more than 100 news organizations and over 500 other institutions and individuals, representing a diversity of positions on every topic. We publish news and views ranging from vigorous opponents of governments to government publications and spokespersons. Publishers named above each report are responsible for their own content, which AllAfrica does not have the legal right to edit or correct.

Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica. To address comments or complaints, please Contact us.