andré de ruyter

  1. Jan

    De Ruyter: Complying with air quality rules could plunge South Africa into stage 15 power cuts

    Eskom CEO warns of stage 15 load-shedding Unless South Africa aggressively invests in renewable energy and relaxes air quality standards, Eskom’s models show it might need to implement stage 15 load-shedding. This was the warning from Eskom CEO André de Ruyter, who spoke at the Africa...
  3. Jan

    Ramaphosa to fire the whole Eskom board - Sunday Times

    Ramaphosa plans big shake-up at Eskom — Report The Sunday Times reports that the presidency has met with the public enterprises department about installing a new Eskom board. These talks are expected to be finalised within the next week, after which president Cyril Ramaphosa should provide the...
    • Jan
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    • andré de ruyter cyril ramaphosa eskom gwede mantashe load-shedding pravin gordhan
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  4. Jan

    Ramaphosa's 7 years of empty load-shedding promises (and 2 from De Ruyter)

    Ramaphosa and De Ruyter's empty load-shedding promises The South African government and Eskom's promises that by now load-shedding would be a thing of the past have not come to fruition, with rotational power cuts increasing in intensity rather than winding down. Both Cyril Ramaphosa — then...
    • Jan
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    • andré de ruyter cyril ramaphosa eskom jacob zuma load-shedding
    • Replies: 36
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  5. Jan

    Eskom power procurement programmes launched to get 1,000MW urgently

    Eskom launches three power procurement programmes — first deal could be signed this week Eskom on Monday launched three new power procurement programmes to add more electricity to the country's grid urgently. The utility said the programmes were expected to contribute over 1,000 megawatts (MW)...
  6. Jan

    The politics of hiring free engineers to help fix Eskom's breakdown problem

    Eskom appoints 18 from Solidarity's list of 300 skilled engineers — while being hamstrung by politics Eskom has so far appointed 18 people from a list of 300 "turnaround agents" submitted to the power utility by Solidarity, according to Rapport. The relatively small number of appointees is...
  7. Jan

    Eskom System Operator explains what happens after stage 8 load-shedding

    What happens after stage 8 Eskom power cuts Eskom’s System Operator does not have set load-shedding levels beyond stage 8, general manager Isabel Fick told journalists on Sunday morning. Should South Africa need to shed more than 8,000 megawatts of electricity load, the Eskom System Operator...
    • Jan
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    • andré de ruyter eskom isabel fick jan oberholzer load-shedding
    • Replies: 50
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  8. Hanno Labuschagne

    This is what is destroying Eskom

    This is what is destroying Eskom A toxic mix of poor maintenance, a lack of skills, a shortage of spares, and poor leadership with the wrong people in critical positions are behind the worsening load-shedding in South Africa. This year, South Africa has experienced the worst load-shedding...
  9. Jan

    Eskom launches crowdsourced skills database - "imminently" recruiting engineers who've already volunteered to help fix load-shedding

    Eskom hiring engineers to fix load-shedding — and launching a crowdsourced skills database Eskom says it will soon launch an online skills database to crowdsource experts for the power utility to hire. It will recruit suitable candidates that have already put up their hands to help fix...
    • Jan
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    • andré de ruyter eskom load-shedding pravin gordhan solidarity
    • Replies: 33
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  10. Jan

    Eskom being robbed blind

    People are stealing Eskom dry Unscrupulous Eskom staff and contractors are stealing the state-owned power utility dry, and cable theft forces it to spend about R2 billion every year replacing stolen cables. An Eskom spokesperson told MyBroadband that the utility also tracks cable theft...
  11. Jan

    Eskom reportedly asks Nersa for 32.66% tariff increase

    Eskom asks for massive 32.66% electricity price hike — report Eskom has asked the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) for a 32.66% price hike, according to Sunday newspaper Rapport. The report also stated that there was a secret meeting of the ANC’s parliamentary caucus on...
    • Jan
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    • african national congress (anc) andré de ruyter eskom national energy regulator of south africa (nersa)
    • Replies: 105
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  12. Jan

    Zuma faction wants Andre de Ruyter gone

    Andre de Ruyter's head is on the block There is pressure from the ANC's Zuma faction to replace Eskom CEO André de Ruyter with a more "politically acceptable" candidate. Citing a reliable source, Biznews reported that De Ruyter is under fire but that a tipping point has not been reached yet.
  13. Jan

    Eskom hopes to suspend load-shedding in 10 days

    Expect at least 10 more days of load-shedding Eskom says it will take at least another ten days to recover its power generating capacity sufficiently to suspend rotational power cuts. During an update on the state of its system's performance on Monday morning, the utility's CEO André de Ruyter...
  14. Jan

    Koeberg Unit 2 return-to-service delayed - Again

    Eskom delays Koeberg unit return-to-service Eskom has revealed that Koeberg's Unit 2 generator will only return to service by the end of July 2022, after previously confirming that it was set for the middle of the month. The power utility's chief operating officer Jan Oberholzer attributed the...
  15. Jan

    Ramaphosa promises plan "in the coming days" to end load-shedding

    Ramaphosa to reveal new plan to end load-shedding President Cyril Ramaphosa has promised a comprehensive set of actions to tackle load-shedding would be revealed in the coming days. In his weekly From the desk of the president newsletter, Ramphosa said that he has been working with the...
    • Jan
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    • andré de ruyter cyril ramaphosa eskom jan oberholzer load-shedding
    • Replies: 173
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  16. Jan

    Eskom said to offer workers 7% increase after illegal protests

    Eskom offers workers 7% increase — Report Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. is offering workers a 7% wage increase, after the utility lost units during illegal protests that plunged South Africa into the worst blackouts since 2019, according to people familiar with the information. The offer is for one...
  17. Jan

    Violent Eskom protestors are being allowed to hold South Africa ransom

    Illegal strikes at Eskom holding South Africa ransom Unprotected strikes at various Eskom power stations have intensified, and protestors attacked the homes of several plant operators with petrol bombs overnight. Eskom CEO André de Ruyter provided details on the affected power stations during...
  18. Jan

    Eskom loses 10 generating units - brace for Stage 6 power cuts

    Eskom warns Stage 6 power cuts are likely after 10 generators go down State-owned power utility Eskom has warned that South Africa could see load-shedding escalate to Stage 6 by Tuesday evening unless its situation improves drastically. This is after ten generating units went offline...
  19. Jan

    Eskom warns Stage 3 or higher could be needed as cold front hits Gauteng

    Eskom load-shedding update — Stage 3 or higher possible as cold front hits Eskom has revealed that a shortage of generating capacity and low backup generation reserves was behind it having to implement all-day load-shedding from 10:00 on Wednesday, 22 June 2022. Eskom's COO, Jan Oberholzer...
  20. Jan

    Eskom's plan to stop load-shedding needs government to play ball

    Our plan to fix load-shedding cannot work if government does not get us capacity — Eskom Eskom cannot execute its plan to end load-shedding unless the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy procures the generating capacity headroom needed to perform maintenance on its ageing coal power...
    • Jan
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    • andré de ruyter department of mineral resources and energy (dmre) eskom gwede mantashe
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  21. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom explains its record load-shedding in 2020 and 2021

    Eskom explains its record load-shedding in 2020 and 2021 Eskom has had to implement record power cuts since André De Ruyter became its CEO. The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) recently published its annual statistics for power generation in South Africa. The data...
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