Eskom looks to greater private role but “you’ve got to fix the tariffs”

Eskom says it’s now keen to see the South African power market open up to more players, but the utility is painfully aware that such a move would need better policy leadership than at present, writes Thalia Griffiths. Eskom chairman Bobby Godsell has a vision for South Africa in which badly needed infrastructure spending is used as the motor to protect the economy from global recession.