This past week, the ANC’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, had to intervene so that Eskom did not cut off the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) power supply.
The power supply would be cut off if the president did not intervene, and Prasa’s power supply for electrically powered trains would be cut off, which would force the rail network to a complete standstill.
Prasa’s default on its power supply is considered to be another bankrupt entity like Eskom and many other state entities.
Prasa is the latest case of the state’s unstable entities, and is attributed to the “self-enrichment” of workers who constantly demand unreasonably high salaries while mismanagement continues unabated.