Keyword: electricity

Eskom is the Problem, Not the Solution

Picture: Stockvault/Heather Elaine Kitchen Glenn Ashton - The ongoing public debate about electricity price hikes raise questions about how our national energy policies are decided. Public interaction with the National Electricity Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) cannot yield expected results, as NERSA is little more than a messenger and not the framer of policy. The real problems revolve around the relationship between Eskom, the state and the ruling party and the degree of influence that our electrical generation behemoth wields. The...