It can be argued that South Africa needs a deregulated energy market for it to solve the power crisis.As the energy situation in South Africa unravels with every passing day, calls for the private sector to alleviate the situation grow. Yet with every public-private partnership we see, the patronage networks that make corruption endemic seem to be cultivated and entrenched.
The Constitution does not permit government to be the sole provider of energy or any good. The Competition Commission is permitted to act against state-owned entities, but it has been quiet about the clear abuse of dominance by Eskom in violation of section 4 of the Competition Act. If corruption has taught us anything as South Africans and, dare I say, citizens of the world, it is that government and business working together is not a good idea.
Legally, government should not be picking among its citizens, those who will be given special contracts for whatever reason while the rest are barred in one way or the other from being afforded the opportunity to partake in any state-monopolised market. Using the energy market as an example, government should - as a matter of principle - remove the effective ban on citizens pursuing a trade in the generation and distribution of energy.
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Calls from who? You're manufacturing this sentiment for private takeover because destroying eskom to make a case for privatization was the goal to begin with. All the liberal owned media is singing this tune which is not thr sentiment of SA but your owners. No to privatization!
Calls by who?
Hardly any private sector left.
Energy should be controlled by the government. All power stations should be declared national key points and have strict access control. The army should guard these National key points. If you want to destroy a country you start by destroying its electricity generation.
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