andré de ruyter

  1. Jan

    Medupi Unit 4 will cost R2.5 billion to fix - Eskom estimates Aug 2024 return to service

    Medupi explosion will cost Eskom R2.5 billion and take years to fix An investigation into the cause of the blast that damaged the Unit 4 generator at the Medupi coal power plant is close to completion, and it will cost R2.5 billion to repair. This is according to Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter, who...
  3. Jan

    Cable theft task team arrest 28 thieves in 9 months - three convicted

    Shocking cable theft arrest and conviction statistics in South Africa A multidisciplinary task team established to fight cable theft has arrested 28 thieves since its inception, and only three have been sentenced to jail time. "Two accused were found guilty and both sentenced to three years...
    • Jan
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    • andré de ruyter bheki cele cable theft eskom national prosecuting authority (npa)
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  4. Jan

    Eskom posts R9.2 billion mid-year profit - an increase of 4,178%

    Eskom increases mid-year profit by 4,178% Eskom's net profit after tax for the first half of the 2021/2022 financial year is up 4,178% over the same period last year. The power utility announced its interim results on Wednesday, revealing that it had profited R9.2 billion between 1 April and...
    • Jan
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    • andré de ruyter eskom load-shedding open-cycle gas turbine (ocgt)
    • Replies: 60
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  5. Jan

    Private power producers can lease land from Eskom - starting in Mpumalanga

    Eskom leasing its land to private power producers Eskom says that it will lease the land it owns near its power stations through an auction to private investors for renewable electricity generation. Kicking off in Mpumalanga, private power producers may use the land to generate electricity for...
  6. Jan

    Bring back South African skills - Sir Mick Davis to Andre de Ruyter

    De Ruyter must bring back South African skills — Former Eskom finance chief Eskom should bring old skills back from overseas to help train the technicians looking after power plants now, according to former Eskom financial chief Mick Davis. Davis was reportedly blocked from becoming Eskom CEO...
  7. Jan

    Eskom employee and contractor arrested for suspected copper cable theft

    Eskom employee arrested — copper cable worth R540,000 confiscated An Eskom employee and contractor were arrested yesterday for being possession of a large quantity of copper cable in Welkom, Free State, the state-owned power utility announced in a media statement. "Thanks to the vigilance of a...
  8. Jan

    CSIR updated load-shedding data for 2021 released

    2021 load-shedding shocker New data released by Jarrad Wright, principal engineer at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), shows that 2021 is the worst year ever for load-shedding in South Africa. And the year is not over yet. Wright’s data, gathered from the Eskom data...
    • Jan
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    • andré de ruyter council for scientific and industrial research (csir) eskom jarrad wright load-shedding sikonathi mantshantsha
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Eskom and Electricity: Load Shedding
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    De Ruyter hired bodyguards following threats to "moer" him

    De Ruyter hired bodyguards following threats to "moer" him Eskom CEO André de Ruyter has told Sunday newspaper Rapport he had to hire bodyguards following numerous threats on social media over load-shedding. In response to one of the threats, De Ruyter opened a criminal case of intimidation...
  10. Hanno Labuschagne

    De Ruyter and Mantashe at war

    De Ruyter and Mantashe at war Eskom CEO André de Ruyter is locking horns with energy minister Gwede Mantashe over South Africa's future electricity generation plans. Sunday newspaper Rapport reports that Mantashe is trying to stop the Eskom CEO and public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan...
  11. Jan

    Deputy President David Mabuza supports De Ruyter, while Gwede Mantashe questions his competence

    Eskom is unstable and collapsing — Deputy President South Africa’s deputy president David Mabuza has come out in support of Eskom CEO André de Ruyter, while energy and mineral resources minister Gwede Mantashe has slated him.
  12. Jan

    Eskom releases photos of sabotage - says it nearly caused stage 6 power cuts

    Pictures of Eskom sabotage that nearly caused stage 6 load-shedding Eskom CEO André de Ruyter has shared what he sees as the "clearest indication yet" that deliberate sabotage of Eskom's infrastructure was taking place and causing load-shedding.
  13. Jan

    I'm not saying it's sabotage... but it's sabotage

    Corrupt Eskom staff may be sabotaging power stations — De Ruyter Alternatively, utter incompetence is to blame.
  14. Jan

    Eskom has lost control of its generation fleet - Mike Rossow

    Eskom is in total collapse — and a vicious load-shedding cycle will follow Energy expert Mike Rossouw says Eskom has completely lost control of its generation fleet and accused CEO André de Ruyter of not telling the truth about the crisis at the power utility.
  15. Jan

    Eskom system status update - 17 November 2021

    Load-shedding outlook for the week ahead Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter has warned there is an increased risk of load-shedding over the next few days due to unplanned outages. In an online media briefing on Wednesday, De Ruyter said that total unplanned losses were now over 14,444MW.
  16. Jan

    Eskom refuses to acknowledge September 2021 promise

    The question Eskom and André de Ruyter refuse to answer Eskom and its CEO André de Ruyter avoid one topic like the plague: What happened to the promise of limiting load-shedding from September 2021? In February 2020, shortly after he was appointed, IOL reported that De Ruyter had set himself a...
  17. Jan

    Several organisations and analysts have dismissed calls for André de Ruyter to resign

    Hands off André de Ruyter Many organisations, including Business Unity South Africa and the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse, want Eskom CEO André de Ruyter to remain in his position.
    • Jan
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    • andré de ruyter black business council (bbc) business unity south africa (busa) chris yelland eskom mike rossouw national union of mineworkers (num) organisation undoing tax abuse (outa) south african federation of trade unions (saftu) wayne duvenage
    • Replies: 56
    • Forum: Eskom and Electricity: Load Shedding
  18. Jan

    Eskom breakdowns down from 17,933MW last week to 11,224MW

    Massive improvement in Eskom breakdowns Breakdowns at Eskom's power plants have reduced to 11,224MW, and planned maintenance is 7,030MW of capacity, the power utility announced on Thursday. This 18,254MW of total electricity generation downtime is a tremendous improvement from last Friday...
  19. Jan

    Stage 2 load-shedding from Thursday 12:00 (noon), suspended at Friday 05:00

    Load-shedding changes for rest of the week Eskom plans to reduce load-shedding to stage 2 from noon on Thursday and then suspend the rotational power cuts entirely from Friday at 05:00 due to a recovery in generating capacity. Eskom CEO André de Ruyter made the announcement during an online...
  20. Jan

    Eskom warns municipalities - load-shed, or else

    Eskom cracks the whip Eskom has threatened to use its own teams to enforce rotational power cuts in municipalities that do not comply with its instructions to implement the necessary amount of load-shedding. The warning shot came during an update on the state of the utility's generation system...
    • Jan
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    • andré de ruyter city of cape town eskom load curtailment load-shedding monde bala sikonathi mantshantsha stage 2 load-shedding stage 4 load-shedding
    • Replies: 89
    • Forum: Eskom and Electricity: Load Shedding
  21. Jan

    Unions and business council bay for De Ruyter's blood

    André de Ruyter's day of reckoning has arrived The Black Business Council (BBC) and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) have called on Eskom CEO André de Ruyter to resign, but he said he would not resign on of his own accord. De Ruyter has been under fire after South Africa experienced the...
    • Jan
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    • andré de ruyter black business council (bbc) eskom kganki matabane national union of mineworkers (num) sikonathi mantshantsha zwelinzima vavi
    • Replies: 88
    • Forum: Eskom and Electricity: Load Shedding
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