Cape Town - Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene should stop giving further financial lifelines to Eskom and restructure the embattled electricity provider, the Democratic Alliance said on Tuesday.
"Bold decision-making can no longer be delayed. In tackling the crisis, a DA-led government would exhibit sorely missed leadership by subdividing Eskom into separate generation and transmission units," the party said as it presented its annual alternative budget to journalists at Parliament.
Such a step would leave both units effectively state-funded, but a separate distribution unit would be freed up to buy from the cheapest supplier, easing the entry of independent producers into the market.