As we indicated before, Eskom faces serious financial, structural and operational challenges. Working closely with Eskom, we have embarked on a range of measures to respond decisively as well as with urgency to some of these challenges. To support Eskom's financial turnaround plan which focuses on driving efficiency and reducing costs, government has allocated as announced by the Minister of Finance, a R23 billion a year for the next three years to support Eskom during its reconfiguration.
In turning its operations around, Eskom has developed a plan that focuses on resolving unplanned breakdowns, addressing the performance and reliability challenges affecting the new units at Medupi and Kusile Power Stations improving coal stocks and strengthening human resource capacity. Alongside these direct interventions, the plan is to restore Eskom into separate state-owned