Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Power crisis is rooted in history of poor governance


Another View: Godsell's resignation is a result of government's inefficient management of parastatals, says Adam Habib

Was race at the centre of the Eskom debacle? The ANC Youth League thought so, as did the Black Management Forum (BMF), as well as the DA. They merely supported different sides.

The youth league and the BMF were in Jacob Maroga's corner, whereas the DA supported Bobby Godsell. But the unions knew that something bigger was at play. The NUM's Francis Baleni and Cosatu's Zwelinzima Vavi condemned the accusation that Godsell was a racist.

Moreover, their statements suggest that they saw the issue as one of competence, delivery and development mandate. Godsell, they believed, has a much better grasp of these issues - and they implicitly supported him.

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