isn't that doesn't that mean that eskom compu really keen for anyone to install cola because it runs against their core business that that's correct because what we see right now is that between the us of 272015 s calm has actually increased its terrorists it has increased its terrorists just because there has been competition coming in from renewable energy in places like renewable energy or solar p.v. adoption has been very high and because of this s. cons revenues have to be sending it in to date and they've had to actually ask the government to bail them out which is an indication that there is a problem there and recently we saw a lot shading that was in the month of february going up into march and this was because the quality of call that was being produced at the time could not produce enough electricity to distribute across the 16000000 subscribers across the country coming back to renewables in south africa which areas that are running well i would assume solar because there's sunshine in abundance what about wind geothermal. if you look at the statistics that from eskom th

government to keep the lights on in 2019 alone leaving analysts worried that planned reforms that eskom are nothing more than talk . at the synonymous with the treatment that has been given to the other failing state owned enterprises where they have also been given. to sort of kick the can down the road and not address the urgent issues that need to be addressed in terms of corruption mismanagement and gross inefficiency the power utility is just one of many public enterprises that cannot sustain itself the south african broadcasting corporation needed a 200000000 euros government cash injection in july to keep the national broadcaster on air south african airways is technically insolvent and has swallowed over 2000000000 euros in state bailouts in the past 2 decades government warns that attempts to clean up state owned enterprise finances are being stifled. so you have a whole lot of people who are afraid of going to jail. that's a good option. and yet. populism elsewhere in the world. is not good for south africa and investors don't believe the government is doing enough with moody'

heavily during the great recession lately it's had to bail out failing state firms like electric utility eskom and recently there has been weak growth leaving big holes in the budget to credit rating agencies have already lowered south african government debt to junk status moody's is set to take another look in november lower rating could mean higher borrowing costs. bronwyn cmon joins us now from johannesburg bronwyn some say interest rates need to go down to boost the economy why did the central bank decided to sit still this time. absolutely if you look at our growth picture it would seem that we should definitely have cut today but i was speaking to an analyst after the announcement and she said that it's launch day because we have the medium term budget policy statement being presented at the end of october and that is unlikely to draw a very pretty picture of the currency of the country's finances because of how we are having to support state owned enterprises and because of that we're going to have a lot of currency risk where we could see that impact inflation so she believes that we

advisors companies on the installation of solar systems until now the market has been dominated by eskom which decides on the installation of solar cells. main challenges here is predominantly administration and the acceptance by the decision makers to integrate more capacity the south african government wants to liberalize the electricity market further change comes slowly but there is great potential for renewable energy. that's it for me at the business scene here and berlin for more check out dot com slash business i'm joined al d'amato on in berlin thanks. fight for some. luck when there's a flood the water comes up to your waist close fast to everyone but. model like a flower is equally dangerous. so they can plant crops and find. floods and droughts climate change become the main driver of mass migration you can write any going to matter if you want and probably most of. the climate exodus starts september 5th on g.w. . her 1st day of school in the jungle. first listen to. the band doris crane the moment arrives. join during a taping on her journey back to freedom. in our interact

moment. ,s the president pointed out what will the ascom of the future look like -- what does the eskomre look like? in particular, how do we deal , onethe two key issues being the debt and financial issues, and the other the restructuring of eskom? reporter: and we deal with the restructuring? the discussion we've been having a a proposal to stave off part of the entity. guest: we certainly would think we could do with more transparency. they are part of a world where these entities are separated, and by that, i mean generation, transmission, and distribution. --eration and south africa generation in south africa comes largely from coal generated power. as far as transmission is concerned, that is a strategic national asset in most countries because that is the great that enables energy from any source to move. each country has its own idiosyncratic way of distributing or articulating electricity at the local level. we have our own peculiarities. reporter: and everybody has their own peculiarities, but are you behind that? guest: absolutely. that is what we are working hard at. reporte

balk at their emissions are extremely low they're lower lower than the world average power utility eskom. which is a petro chemicals company and a few other industries these are all valid because of the apartheid regime and build these incredibly looting industries that affect the communities that live next to them and they also have a huge impact on using carbon emissions it's good to put a human face to the climate change story and i think this is an opportunity to do that and at the same time track the conference in new york track it as effectively as possible look at what the government here is doing and what it plans to announce as impressive as the consortium's joint output has been the question begged is what took them so long the new york times had this page one story on a scientist working for nasa predicting much of what we are seeing today record heat waves droughts and sea level rises if global warming went on checked that piece was written 31 years ago in 1908. what followed has been not just a failing of governments but of news media as well part of which is a continuing fa

ruben eskom don is a minister he'll conduct my day and now he's been doing bridge marriages for 14 years more regularly since donald trump became president because visas are now harder to get started up with on the bridge may be you know one or 2 a week you know we're doing 8 to 10 months. in the church next door he conducts more traditional weddings for those couples who do have the right papers as. often times we have a u.s. citizen u.s. resident that meets the love of their life across the border and because of immigration laws because of the the river that runs down in separates the 2 there has to be some kind of mechanism in place to bring those 2 lives together and the bridge marriage works for that purpose. 17 hours until the wedding now who crosses the border to mexico to see his fiance. just so much that separates us but in a way that bridge connectors. for me is a symbol of division the projection. the boundaries. but of course only because you never been able to cross. the bridge sees around 13000 visitors daily alongside those getting married there are people going to work go

balk at their emissions are extremely low they're lower lower than the world average power utility eskom. which is a petro chemicals company and a few other industries these are all valid of the apartheid regime where these incredibly polluting industries that affect the communities that live next to them and they also have a huge impact on using carbon emissions it's good to put a human face to the climate change story and i think this is an opportunity to do that then at the same time track the conference in new york track it as effectively as possible look at what the government here is doing and what it plans to announce as impressive as the consortium's joint output has been the question begged is what took them so long the new york times had this page one story on a scientist working for nasa predicting much of what we are seeing today record heat waves droughts and sea level rises if global warming went on checked that piece was written 31 years ago in 1908. what followed has been not just a failing of governments but of news media as well part of which is a continuing failure to

balk at their missions are extremely low they're lower lower than the world average power utility eskom. which is a petro chemicals company and a few other industries these are all valid of the apartheid regime where these incredibly polluting industries that affect the communities that live next to them and they also have a huge impact on missing carbon emissions it's good to put a human face to the climate in story and i think this is an opportunity to do that and at the same time track the conference in new york track it as effectively as possible look at what the government here is doing and what it plans to announce as impressive as the consortium's joint output has been the question begged is what took them so long the new york times had this page one story on a scientist working for nasa predicting much of what we are seeing today record heat waves droughts and sea level rises if global warming went on checked that piece was written 31 years ago in 1908. what followed has been not just a failing of governments but of news media as well part of which is a continuing failure to con

balk at their emissions are extremely low they're lower lower than the world average power utility eskom. which is a petro chemicals company and a few other industries these are all valid because of the apartheid regime where both these incredibly polluting industries that affect the communities that live next to them and they also have a huge impact on using carbon emissions it's good to put a human face to the climate change story and i think this is an opportunity to do that and at the same time track the conference in new york track it as effectively as possible look at what the government here is doing and what it plans to announce as impressive as the consortium's joint output has been the question begged is what took them so long the new york times had this page one story on a scientist working for nasa predicting much of what we are seeing today record heat waves droughts and sea level rises if global warming went on checked that piece was written 31 years ago in 1908. what followed has been not just a failing of governments but of news media as well part of which is a continuing