The Silent Spring of load shedding and job shedding

ANONYMOUS WRITES:Electricity generation, transmission and distribution in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) depends on Eskom in South Africa as a hub. However, this mega-entity has been mismanaged into the earth over the last fourteen years, to a debt level of over 350 billion Rand and continuous load shedding.You cannot run a modern economy without a reliable powerbase. If you fail to plan and maintain, you plan to fail.This results in job shedding, major socio-economic distress and civil unrest. This is not rocket science but a lack of honest common sense.The Zondo Commission of Enquiry, into state capture during the Zuma/Gupta years, identified the policy of appointing comrades without competence and integrity to Chief Executive Officer posts and other positions of power as the road to corruption and a recipe for disaster. Transparency and accountability were absent. Salaries and perks were paid without performance. This is the Achilles heel for any viable entity.The transformation exercise of getting rid of qualified experience and skills, by retrenchment packages at Eskom and replacement by political stooges, was a disaster. It has sabotaged the economy and led to the KwaZulu-Natal Gauteng uprising in July 2021.The Minister of Public Enterprises, Mr. Pravin Gordhan, on behalf of the ANC has accepted an offer by Solidarity to re-engage experienced ex Eskom workers as the power issue is throttling the economy. If you don’t have light, you cannot see the way.We need a public civil service of excellence, irrespective of race, sex, religion or party affiliation. Satisfactory, sustainable service delivery is the desired outcome, not jobs for pals. Good service delivery for all reflects well on the government and the ruling party. It will be rewarded with votes!The Fishrot scandal and the collapse of Air Namibia (and SAA) sabotaged trust in state owned and state run enterprises. You cannot mismanage with reward and then rely on sugar daddy (treasury) to bail you out every year. It is not sustainable.Separate state from state owned predator expropriation. Invest in service excellence for the long-term benefit of all and win.Follow the formula of Lee Kwan Yew of Singapore and apply the MPH principles.Merit – qualification/experience performance record. The best predictor of future performance is not promises/intentions but past performance.Pragmatism – compromise/judgement/discretion/insight/foresight – common-sense.Honesty – transparency/accountability/truth/trust/credibility.Combine the head with the heart and you are ahead from the start.Yes, we can!

The Silent Spring of load shedding and job shedding

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