By Breakfast with David Team
The South African Communist Party says while the majority of issues that are facing power utility Eskom were self-inflicted, the power utility cannot be allowed to fail.
The SACP’s second Deputy General Secretary Solly Mapaila was in conversation with David O’Sullivan this morning on Breakfast With David.
[WATCH] SACP’s Solly Mapaila says the crisis at Eskom is self inflicted #BreakfastiwthDavid pic.twitter.com/IrugCcEOoo
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Mapaila says Eskom created the problems it is facing through poor management and state capture. The issues affecting the power utility have resulted in load shedding, which has left many South Africans frustrated.

Last week, President Ramaphosa announced that the power utility will be split into three separate entities namely: Generation, transmission and distribution.
[WATCH] Resident Analyst Khaya Sithole @CoruscaKhaya talking about the Financial Matters Amendment Bill which seeks to allow SOEs to run state owned banks #BreakfastwithDavid pic.twitter.com/iM1QLLdDHp
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Mapaila says the proposed unbundling of the utility needs to happen in such a way that it does not result in job losses.
READ: Can Eskom be saved?
Listen to the full conversation here:



