Problems at South Africa’s state electricity firm, Eskom, are an increasingly painful thorn in the side of the economy with higher tariffs and an overhaul of the firm’s finances needed to put it on a sustainable footing and upgrade the country’s energy infrastructure. Liberalising the electricity sector and attracting private investment would also help but will probably run into opposition from powerful trade unions.
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