In September, South Africa experienced Stage 6 rolling blackouts, the third time since Eskom introduced so-called load-shedding in 2008.
One of many people criticising the ANC government was former president Thabo Mbeki who, in a speech, questioned why government could not manage the electricity issue better.
This took me back 25 years to a process that could have changed the provision of energy completely. Eskom embarked on a scenario planning process in 1997 exploring South Africa's future and the
