South Africa’s state power company Eskom is battling a legacy of neglect, mismanagement and state capture as it struggles to bring an end to rolling blackouts that have severely damaged businesses and the economy
#eskom #loadshedding #powercuts #southafrica
00:00 Intro
00:53 Eskom and load shedding
02:46 The township restaurant
04:01 Eskom’s priorities
05:07 The history of Eskom
07:07 The state capture years
08:50 Andre de Ruyter’s corruption battle
13:30 Inequality and crime
16:03 On patrol with a pirate security company
18:23 Government interference
19:47 The poisoning
21:49 How to fix the problem
27:30 Inside Shoprite
29:33 The environmental problem
31:16 An election is coming
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LETS NOT FORGET THAT KOKO AND BRIAN MOLEFE ENDED LOADSHEDDING, STOP WRITING OFF THE FACT THAT LOADSHEDDING WAS STOPPED UNTIL RAMAPHOSA COMES IN TO OFFICE. HE COLLAPSED ESKOM SO THAT HE CAN SELL IT TO HIS FRIENDS CHEAP. WHEN ZUMA LEFT OFFICE THERE WAS NO LOADSHEDDING. SAY IT AS IT IS. RAMAPHOSA BROUGHT LOADSHEDDING DELIBERATELY. LOADSHEDDING WAS NOT A 15 YEAR OLD PROBLEM, LOADSHEDDING WAS CREATED DELIBERATELY AFTER THE EXIT OF ZUMA. THEY WANTED TO CREATE A SPACE FOR RENEWABLES FOR THE SAKE OF BENEFITING THEIR FRIENS, THAT RAMAPHOSA FRIENDS AND HANDLERS. THATS WHY THE IPP CONTRACTS ARE DECLARED CONFIDENTIAL. GO WATCH Matshela Koko INTERVIEWS. ALL THESE PEOPLE IN THIS VIDEO ARE LYING AND AVOIODING THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM.
Same thing happened in Sri Lanka. Corruptions led to the electricity failures. Unfortunately, still the same thing is happening.
The fact that South Africa (as well as the rest of Africa) is still talking about & expected to industrialise mainly through "renewable energy" when no other economy in history has done so still baffles me. This is all political and politics goes hand in hand with economics.
Eskom is not an energy service provider. it's a corrupt meme and it makes the country a corrupt meme.
Great video but towards the end you can get a sense of the main agenda of this publication.
Reason being the police are not doing their work. There are more private security than police
The big problem as well is “South Africans think South Africa is too big to fail and it’s superior”
It’s more about denial of what it’s turned and keeps turning to. The country is going down fast and other countries are growing.
don't forget to mention the open racism, a tried tool to pitch groups against each other instead of letting them take care of issues
I used to admire Ramaposa when he was a trade unionist, but now he seems to be knee deep in the mud
such mental diarrhoea these corrupt politicians and individuals are
Black rule equals corruption and incompetence, nothing new.
Eskom had problems way before the ANC
One of biggest impact it has one each south African family…is no power to their fridge and freezer…the cold chain…and when food is not kept cold like milk .meat .veg.everthing we know to find in our fridge and freezer…is at total risk… food security in the home…is put at risk directly every time the power goes out…my family has lost hundreds of rands in food going off due to the fridge and freezer being off for long period of time…
This documentary has been skewed, if you are South African you would know the distortion that comes with it. Of course there is a huge eskom problem and we know that government is largely complicit through being so lenient to unscrupulous figures that sit in key areas.
But it goes without saying that Andre de Ryters had failed fundamentally on his mission, yes there was war waged against him – but in reality Andre doesn't hold a good record as CEO of other companies he's headed. He's thought to have been initially brought on board to be controlled by the cartels. So when they realised that they could not get to him – they victimized.
Andre had a responsibility to report his findings to law enforcement agencies with the protection of parliament but he's been running around. He's refusing to provide proof to his claims.
So the narrative presented here is to serve some agenda. The truth is distorted here
Intriguing doc, but the headline could equally apply to the UK, how corruption & crime has … in the UK.( fill in the blanks)
Imagine making it to Fin Times for all the wrong reasons, what a shame
The ANC is essentially the plot of Animal Farm by George Orwell come to fruition
How can you say debt relief has been dealt with, when we are using other debt to pay off Eskom debt? We can't even afford the interest of the debt we are accumulating. The taxpayer base is getting smaller and smaller, more and more people are getting off grid because of the corruption, Eskom will never recover. South Africa is a failed state.
They talk about sharing technology, but Starlink wanted to come in, which would have supplied Internet to masses of the rural poor, but the government wants to keep them ignorant; the government wanted a 30% share in the company, for free. The ANC has no interest in lifting up this country. They are raping the treasury of this country before the 2024 Elections in (+-August) 2024. This is about pillaging the country by the ANC.
Watch the elections next year. They buy the poor a 2-litre coke, KFC and a t-shirt. The poor live hand-to-mouth every day, they can't be blamed.
All you do-gooders who celebrated getting rid of the "white menace" in South Africa are going through the same problem in your own countries. Reap what you sow. You're probably 10 years behind us, but it is coming.
Aibo zuma stopped loadshadding it only came back after zuma left stop the fake news
…and there is absolutely nothing we can do about it. It's a fixed system after one thing…VOTES! While we as a nation keep p*****g away monies abroad, we have no immediate answer.
FT cannot cover Zim like this…
…so we Zimbabweans use any report on SA to imagine just how much worse our own country must be💔🙆🏾😭
Why are we surprised?Did we really expect another outcome?
31:28 as meta to said “metaphor”…the timing of a Porsche Cayenne passing the dead traffic light is almost poetic
Now…let’s talk about those loans from richer nations.
Need l say more?
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What a closing statement.
"We are investigating the corruption and mismanagement of funds at Eskom…"
Sorry Boeta,
South Africans have watched this movie before, it's not a nail biter for us…
We know everything broken in South Africa:
– will be fixed soon
– we are investigating
– we took out some of the bad officials (but we put them somewhere else)
You all will say whatever you can, so we think you busy fixing everything, then in 5 years time, when we're asking again, you'll say the same stories.
#newsealand Check out the new MicroNation that's being built off the coast of South Africa and the plans for new power stations in South Africa to accomplish the task which will bring needed relief to the area and the people.
The interviewees don't sound South African 🤔
Some of the opposition makes questionable decisions
There are many officials at Eskom who attempted to fight corruption but you mention CEO. Please do thorough research
Most likely, Suda Africa doesnt want to make deals with the British and thats why, they are putting the machine to trash the country
This documentary is biased , private sector is the problem they want to buy Eskom , first they buy ANC members
A blatant Anti anc hit piece by the FT which is run directly by mi5.
As they should be. South Africans are being robbed of resources, money and opportunities.
In Serbia, the situation appears alarmingly alike. Government officials corruption stands as a paramount threat to both the economy and peace. In my view, corruption isn't solely tied to poverty; rather, it emerges among those less enlightened intellectually and spiritually. In Serbia, the affluent tend to engage in cronyism.
Black Afrika can't get it right?
Very Shameful indeed!
What happens when you replace an apartheid state with another apartheid state but with less capable people.
Sadly SA are unlikely to vote out the ANC.
The ANC is the root of all corruption and needs to be kicked out. They are always in bed with the corrupt by using the blanket of race
ANC is one of the most corruption Eskom and high price and high crime and job losses I'm tire of ANC . Viva DA viva 💙
Yikes . People have to be held accountable
I watch all these docs and see ways to get filthy rich if we would just do it right n help
The apartheid regime warned what would happen if the black population was put in charge of South Africa. I hope the Western countries that force SA to end apartheid are happy with themselves.
This is a masterpiece, Eskom needs to reform and save SA industry.
Tx this the problems with African so called who were fighting colonial rule when in power they do worse corruption 🤷♂️😭🤔🧐🧐😡😡🔥🔥🤷♂️who did to us mange ourselves the richest continent sad allover Africa 😢 sad🤷♂️🔥🔥🇰🇪
Ending Apartheid was an economic hit on the South African economy (all under the guise of helping black people).
If it was really about helping black people, where is Canada, Australia and the USA now?
you vote in criminals, this is what u get
A two state solution (Cape Independence) is the best strategy for many of the problems that South Africa has. A safer investment hub where people with higher standards want to live is then possible. The investment hub will then need areas to invest and will eventually look at the other state where the ANC, EFF and others will realize they need the investment hub and the investment hub will likewise need the workforce and locations to invest.
RIP Wakanda
Eskom has become a criminal enterprise.
De Ruyter never really had control.
It was being intercepted from every single angle
The number of connivers are astounding
From government to nespotic mafia organizations
Zimbabwe failed state Sa failed state 😂