The B4SA Business Government Partnership, a collaboration between business and government, has made some impressive strides in reversing the slide at Eskom and Transnet, but there’s no sign of this yet in SA’s GDP figures. The number of unplanned breakdowns at Eskom is now back to 2017 levels, with an energy availability factor of 62%. Baloyi noted this was a major shift from the situation in 2023 when there was no legal basis for a competitive energy market in SA. End state for Eskom and TransnetB4SA envisages an “end state” for Eskom and Transnet. For Eskom, this means a functioning, efficient energy market, said Baloyi.