South Africa now has huge power outages and the country is experiencing much darkness. Power from South Africa was supplied to most of Africa south of the equator, all the way up to Cameroon, Kenya, Tanganyika, North (Zambia),and South Rhodesia (Zimbabwe),Namibia, Botswana (British Bechuanaland) and Mozambique. After 20 years of new self rule, the country cannot provide power for itself and from a net food exporter to an net food importer. Instead of building on what it has which was working,the ANC South African government has , is, destroying that wish is working.(BEE and farmland farmer destruction) to a simple African mess,which sometimes can be observed in the rest of Africa. Africa, a wonderful place fro tourists to watch animals at work , perhaps and extreme geographical beauty to view. A reminder of the mid 50’s when Mau Mau destroyed a wonderful Kenya food basket and recently Zimbabwe crisis. Question, will a new president be able to rescue this new Republic of South Africa and all it’s beauty from Messina to Cape Town, or will it just grow into more tourism and in time , little else?. Only time will tell. The ANC is not saying more than bee, just more BEE !.. As South Africans grumble and curse about power outages, theres speculation aplenty about how Eskom got into such a parlous state. Especially at Luthuli House, where Eskoms problems are leveraged by expanding Opposition Parties which are extracting tons of political capital from the disaster. Those genuinely seeking solutions should reflect on a time, only two decades back, when Eskom was the fifth largest and lowest cost electricity provider on earth. Those were the days when Ian McRae provided leadership. The antithesis of todays political appointees, McRaes education included a five year apprenticeship; four years studying for his BSc degree; and two years of pupillage working in various departments. Born into the business (his father worked there too) at 31 he became the youngest power station manager in Eskoms history. He progressed through the ranks, but only at 56, after almost four decades inside the business, was he regarded as suitably qualified for the top job. In his superb autobiography, The Test of Leadership, McRae expresses gratitude for his 11 years of learning: Throughout my career I drew on this experience in various ways. I was able, even as Chief Executive, to sit down on a toolbox in a workshop and relate to staff. They also knew that I had been there myself and understood the issues. It always felt as if we were part of the same team. A prod, perhaps, for Eskoms shareholder: theres a whole lot more to running so complex an organisation than simply having the right political connections. Surely its time to return to sourcing Eskom leadership internally ? ....and run the country properly...? well try anyway with some people who are not BEE,IT MIGHT JUST WORK..
Posted on: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 23:44:38 +0000
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