[TOP STORY]‘South Africans should not be paying for Eskom corruption’ – Vavi

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‘We are arguing that the whole structure of Eskom has become unsustainable. You can’t continue to ask people to pay these extraordinary amounts of money to fund corruption,’ says general secretary of the South African Federation of Trade Unions, Zwelinzima Vavi.

3 Sep 9AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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