The shockwaves from André de Ruyter’s damning interview with eNCA continue to reverberate. While calls from the implicated African National Congress for De Ruyter to name names were predictable, they are entirely unhelpful both to solving the power crisis and even to their own political prospects. While South Africans were shocked by the revelations, they were not surprised. What South Africans want is action to investigate the criminal syndicates and not political theatrics, defensiveness and cover-ups.