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In reaction to the resignation of Eskom's CEO, Jacob Maroga, it is
neither the IFP nor my habit to personalise issues and situations;
however this new crisis shows how Eskom's problems can not be dealt
with by Eskom alone.

Eskom's problems have become the country's problems; and all of us
have been forced to pay up to solve them, without having had a say in
the matter.

For this reason, this crisis makes it even more urgent for Parliament
to accept my demand that hearings be held in Parliament, to receive
both public and expert inputs to determine whether there is an
alternative way to fund Eskom's huge expansion programme, other than
by the means of an aggressive tax in the form of a 508 percent tariff
increase.

The same hearings must be held to shed light on Eskom's on-going
management crisis, so that the replacement to Mr Jacob Maroga may be
identified - rather than just appointing somebody in his place, with
the task of driving us into yet another undefined mission - which only
serves Eskom's monopolistic greed and not the country's interests.