What new solutions can Ramaphosa bring to our Eskom problem?

[View in browser]( [Mail & Guardian]( M&G Mornings | Fri 03 Feb   It’s the end of another week where the moods of Eskom’s old and cranky coal-fired power stations have ensured we’ve jumped between stages four and six of load-shedding. Mr President, I don’t know how much more of this your country can continue to take. It’s going to be interesting what message of hope you bring in your State of the Nation address in Cape Town next week. Last year, the Mail & Guardian said South Africa wasn’t a failed state, even by textbook definition. We still aren’t, but our moods have certainly not improved on our short, medium and long-term prospects. Daily bouts of load-shedding aren’t going to help with our confidence levels. Eskom chief executive Andre de Ruyter has previously promised us only 18 months of load-shedding and so have you. I don’t think it will fly any longer. What’s your story Mr President, we wait with bated breath. Till we speak again next week. 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