South Africa: Why the Latest Plan for State-Owned Power Giant Eskom Could Work

Published: 11/02/2019

South Africa: Why the Latest Plan for State-Owned Power Giant Eskom Could Work

Source: ALLAFRICA.COM

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[The Conversation Africa] South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has unveiled a new plan for the country's beleaguered state owned power utility, Eskom. During his State of the Nation Address on 7 February, Ramaphosa announced that Eskom would be unbundled into "three separate entities - generation, transmission and distribution". These would all be established "under Eskom Holdings".

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