Thuli Madonsela suggests Eskom considers selling solar panels and inverters amid ongoing load-shedding

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With stage 2 and 3 load-shedding predicted to become a permanent fixture for the next two years, former public protector Thuli Madonsela has suggested Eskom considers buying solar panels and inverters and retailing them to the country.

“At the moment, people are able to get expensive installations from reputable companies to evade stage 6 load-shedding and other stages. The unverified traders in places like Chinatowns are a grave risk. Eskom diversifying its offerings would also boost energy security equity,” she said.

Eskom chairpn Mpho Makwana said permanent load-shedding was needed to allow the utility time for much-needed maintenance to the constrained system and to provide consistency in outages for South Africans.

 

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What does this useless ntombi ebukekayo know about electrical engineering?

In Portugal, and it's a small country, there are at least 3 electricity suppliers. One is govt and 2 are private and all 3 are well run. If you choose to go solar, govt pays you +-80% of the bill back. For 5 solar panels you pay +-3000€ without batteries.

No chance. I've given them too much time to stop corruption and sabotage already. On my own now.

1. Stop sabotage at ESKOM 2. Stop corruption at ESKOM 3. Completely deregulate energy market. 4. Install small modular reactors immediately. 1 and 2 can be achieved immediately by selling ESKOM (if there is a buyer)

Just like Tesla is doing it with his solar city

Oh! Another (corrupt) middleman. How would that bring down costs?

This Magogo, we have coal that is being shipped out of yhe country; there's a nuclear deal that could save the citizens tens of thousands of Rands. Here you want us to buy more and more, Chitb!

Where is that money gonna come from each an every house? Who will get that tender solar installation. Is she also promoting ANC corruption again because she seemed to be forgotten what happened on COVID 19 tenders corruption was there but it was buried and focus in state capture.

Is she a business expert now? Miss knows everything'

Spy is putting the plan of the master together

And please don't say we must rent the energy (Solar Panels) that we going to get from the sun. One of the government member once said '14yrs trying to fix Eskom and not Power to the Grid' How about starting there?

Thuli is now an electrical engineer I see.

Now their plan is coming together, they've the the country exactly where they needed it in the corner coz Thuli is part of Eskoms woes

What have we done to deserve this lady as South Africans my gosh 😩😩

No, they will just all get stolen

I'm sure i can speak for the people of SA when saying 'we won't support or buy from eskom if that happens'! Support your local businesses and **** eskom!!!

Kwanzima uThuli

No money honey

Wazini logogo

There needs to be an enquire on this one and how she put together her findings that led to the Zondo Commission.

Would anyone buy from Eskom? Corrupt, bloated useless aholes. Besides Eskom would sell it at 10 times the purchase price to make fat Cadres richer.

She should keep to her lane

Can you just imagine the markup!!

She's revealing the plan each time she opens her mouth

So you've become energy expert now I see.... since when?

So now you're an expert in energy field!!! Mxm

Laugh if you want but that’s actually a great fucking idea

Eskom is not needed. Eskom has destroyed the country. Just another useless SOE. Eskom must focus on the workers that will soon be out of work & those that have already lost their jobs because of all their bright ideas. When the country is off the grid, how will Eskom make money?

When is she going back to Kenya

South African top thinkers association yomsoon, voetsek!!!

😂 what a joke

She's the author of this mess with her cheap conspiracy theories

NO. Stop putting Eskom in the middle of everything. We need to move away from Eskom, not add them into more and more areas of our lives. Deregulate the energy market and give Eskom direct competition. Stop trying to save the leg, by killing the rest of the body!

That's impossible to the party that has been putting the solar panels ever since they lied about the project which has rusted now 🤔😭

😂 … how about PRESIDENT, PREMIERS & COUNCILORS sponsoring those that VOTED FOR THEM? They can use the STOLEN MISAPPROPRIATED UNACCOUNTED FUNDS …

Let's follow Thuli and think of ways to overcome this loadshedding!!!

Always a clever lady

Kak idee.Another corrupt oppertunity

From Public Protector to Public Procurer...awungi, perhaps

Oh now you're campaigning that Eskom buys solar systems from same IPP Cartels. Real state capture auntie Thuli and we're not dom

It should be a must option

Nonsense

Intombi ebukekayo.

It was her pln from the day she distrubted eskom

Thula was a public protector! Now is she public speaker? A tloge mo le nkwa borotho

yoh ayi mtanabantu undwebile mtanabantu unguEngineer advisor ngoku

Sometimes Thuli you can just disappear only a month it's okay because everything you said is the mess. Where the poor people get the money to buy those solar?

Sometimes even going to school doesn't help. You still the way you are, just keep quiet please. You're annoying.

So instead of them making money from loadshedding, they make more money selling solar panels and inverters? Yeah, great thinking lmfao. We are being lead by stupid people honestly

Noble idea but with Eskom's current financial situation it is not a viable option. Look at how they struggle to buy Diesel. Privatization and being self-sufficient in producing ones own electricity is the way forward.

🤔it would be better if uThuli avele az'Thulele shem.

Ayi akathule, kunje nje uyena🚮

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

This is why she initiated the dismantling of Eskom with her nonsensical report.

This is why she initiated the dismantling of Eskom with her nonsensical report.

Akasemubi ke naye nokusinyela kwakhe

After the incompetent De Ruyter, lawyers are now masquerading as energy experts

The country has been saying the same, how come Eskom themselves never thought about such. Maybe becos there are some people that need to line their pockets first

Personally, I think it sounds like a perfectly logical solution. Buy in bulk to leverage the power of economies of scale. Make it affordable to reduce cost barriers. Have more people feed into the grid. Create jobs through maintenance. loadshedding eskom

I saw Mam Thuli on Agenda network 🤔

Will no work Ms T as the tenders for the solar energy would also add up to CORRUPTION

Not even manufacturing them? Sies

Why is this woman given a platform to speak

Kodwa lomubiza bakithi! They are always giving her a platform to comment on every topic🙄

Business Expert Now 😂😂😂

Khumbula amaazwi kaDr Ben Ngubane

With what money ThuliMadonsela3? Eskom_SA is trying to get money just to by diesel. Eskom_SA problem is GwedeMantashe1

Really now

Lawyers giving 'solutions' 2 engineering issues, hence we're in mess...

Having an intermediary can only inflate prices. Those can and should be purchased without involving Eskom.

And give Eskom the opportunity to rip you off some more? I don't think so ☹️

Now she is a business expert lol 😂 😂 😂 😂

And now she's an energy expert...

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