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.
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