All of this, speculation at best, likely guesswork would be more accurate. money and power, so lotsa money behind closed doors. What do we know, only some of the things that transpired in the past, but only some things…
What the forces are that determines decisions and outcomes, as clear as mud. Mostly political spin, as that gives access to power and that ultimately to money, that is the goal. Stay in power at any cost, keep access to money, simple ne. Follow the money, most of them new millionaire and more.
Before that was discussed here … no answer yet, as Eskom is footing that bill, hence we are. Court decisions or not. Someone is footing that bill when Munic steals the monies paid to them, with no consequences for them.
Both articles are from “Broad Media” though, which means finding the fire behind all the smoke is going to take a Journalism degree.
Edit: Honestly, I don’t think there is much potential in their list of maybe 400 people. A number of people on that list, won’t actually take the job even if it was offered. I mean, how many of you have applied for a job to test the waters, not intending to take it? Or applied to a job, knowing that you are unlikely to get it anyway? What I am saying is that of the roughly 400 on the list, probably less than 100 is really “clamouring” for it.
The list is, and has always been, a political point being made by Solidarity about the mistreatment of its members. The point isn’t invalid, and Solidarity (being a trade union) is just doing its job, but let’s call a spade a spade.
Also keep in mind that Eskom reports they actually appointed 18 people from that list!
Are we expecting them to appoint all of them? 100?
Is the fact that 18 was appointed not in itself somewhat of a success? How many were approached, how many even responded (even if it was an outright no)… those are all numbers we don’t have. The story is sold as: White people could be saving Eskom, but Eskom don’t wanna!
Again, as I said, they are just doing their job. They are doing exactly what you expect of a trade union. I’m not criticising them for doing what they did.
As I said to the wife the other day, that EAF squiggle is always going up and down in the short term, but in the long term you can fit an average through it, and that is the line you really care about.
While things are getting worse, there will always be better weeks within the getting-worse part. Conversely, when things are getting better, there will still be worse weeks.
Which one is it? Well, we don’t know. We have our suspicions, we have our predisposed ideas, we have the history, and we have the media (whom I’m increasingly distrusting, with the possible exception of Daily Maverick).
As a friend of mine said: In any newspaper, you have facts, opinions, and propaganda. To find the facts, turn to the obituaries. Those people really are dead. Then turn to the advertisements. Up to 50% off? Sure, that’s your opinion. From there it just gets worse…
You should know… The pattern repeats year after year. EAF for week 34, 2023, is 55.32%, compared to 61.10% for week 34, 2022. The EAF for the 2023 calendar year to date is 54.52%, compared to 59.78% for the same period in 2022.
Oh I know. But again, I am reminded of David Hume saying that you cannot infer that the sun will rise tomorrow just because it has done so a million times before. That the sun might not rise tomorrow is a completely logical possibility. It is highly improbable though (that it will not rise).
Same here. It is probably more probable, given the fundamentals, that it will continue to repeat the pattern for another while.
