How Eskom was turned around, told by those who steered it
Daily Maverick | 14.08.2026 04:42
Minister of Energy and Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa chose to dedicate most of his keynote speech at the Unisa Graduate School of Business Leadership Distinction to a history lesson. He traced Eskom’s origins back to the late 19th-century discovery of diamonds and gold, explaining that the earliest power stations were built by private industrialists to maximise extractive efficiency.
