Vodafone Group CEO on Wednesday squashed market talk that the South African government was planning to offload its 13.9% shareholding in the local subsidiary, Vodacom to raise funding for power utility Eskom. Speaking to reporters at a media briefing in Rosebank, the boss of Vodafone Group Vittorio Colao said: “I personally haven’t got any discussions on that topic (South Africa government selling its shareholding in Vodacom.) Market talk has suggested that the South African government was in a process of selling its stake to fund Eskom, which is facing major power generation problems and has funding shortfalls that run into…