Former CEO will depart the utility at the end of the month
Sources say the board will wait until the investigation is completed before making a decision
The parliamentary committee will also call Business Unity South Africa’s head to talk about the intelligence probe the former chief executive initiated
The former chief operating officer will advise the board and ministers and focus on projects intended to deal with load-shedding
The search is still on for a replacement for outgoing CEO Andre de Ruyter, board member Mteto Nyati says.
An extraordinary low-voltage power supply in the Coligny area caused the deaths of Herman du Preez’ broiler chickens from suffocation
The embattled utility said a breakdown of generation capacity, lack of diesel and low storage dam levels had resulted in stage 4
Eskom’s Jan Oberholzer says South Africans should to prepare for more power cuts over the next year
Five generators at five power stations had broken down overnight, according to the utility
Eskom’s blame game falls flat when one looks at the facts and figures behind the utility’s failure
Union questions the utility’s decision to stall maintenance at the nuclear power plant
Board and Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan to approach independent power producers to procure 1 000 megawatts urgently
The power utility has spent R7.7-billion in the first six months of this year, which is the budget for a whole year
The completion of maintenance to a unit at the nuclear plant will add 920 megawatts to the grid
The power utility’s board and management need reinforcements to ready it for the future, the public enterprises minister said
Eskom is in a fix because it has little control over the procurement of alternative sources of energy capacity
Fuel prices have soared in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, putting South Africa’s power supply at risk
Some 4 435MW of power is out on planned maintenance, and another 8 093MW has been lost because of breakdowns to units at various power stations
Eskom chief operating officer Jan Oberholzer says the utility will continue with planned maintenance, even at the risk of load-shedding
Power utility plans to move to stage three rolling blackouts from Wednesday
