Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan

The ANC government does not have a plan to solve Eskom’s problems.

Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan acknowledged that the ANC government did not have the political will to rectify the broken power entity caused by decades of mismanagement and corruption.

Natasha Mazzone, DA MP, made these accusations that Gordhan’s only plan is to keep the lights on up until election. According to Mazzone, temporary measures will be taken to delay the inevitable and the truth behind the crisis will be hidden during the election period.

Allegations that Eskom was forced to pay salaries for March using a combination of its capital budget and a Chinese loan are also doing round. The funds were earmarked for the maintenance and upkeep of the power grid. Meanwhile, Eskom has bought diesel at twice the market price just to maintain the network until after the election on May 8, 2019.

If the DA’s claim is true, it will undoubtedly me
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Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan believes that there’s an “unholy alliance” forming between the ex-SARS Commissioner Tom Moyane and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF). The allegation comes after Gordhan opposed Moyane’s application to cross-examine him at the state capture inquiry.

The former tax chief has been implicated by a slew of allegations about his time at the top, during the Jacob Zuma administration. Cyril Ramaphosa suspended him from the post 12 months ago, before Moyane lost several court battles to get himself reinstated.

It’s understood that the relationship between Tom Moyane and Pravin Gordhan is already quite frosty, with the pair locking horns as state capture finally squirmed its way into the public eye. However, the minister believes that the disgraced SARS officer is only interested in feeding a false narrative.

Gordhan said that his application was “a poorly disguised effort” to u
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