Eskom appoints veteran telecom executive Junaid Munshi
Eskom has announced the appointment of Junaid Munshi as its new group executive for its distribution division, effective from 1 June 2026.
He will oversee the Eskom business that serves as the direct connection to South African electricity...
Eskom CEO gets huge pay increases
Eskom increased its chief executive's salary by nearly R5 million in the 2025 financial year, despite the company being in serious financial distress.
The state-owned company also increased the annual salaries of its staff by an average of R167,000, the...
Former Eskom CEO's warning about the South African power system
Former Eskom CEO Jacob Maroga has said Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, Mteto Nyati, and Dan Marokane's team at the power utility have turned around the biggest power crisis in the country's history.
However, he warned that South Africa...
Eskom does not expect winter load-shedding in South Africa
Eskom does not expect to implement any national load-shedding during the coming winter months due to an improved energy availability factor (EAF) in its generation fleet and a substantial decline in demand.
Speaking at the power...
Eskom issues tender for green hydrogen project builder
Eskom has issued an invitation for companies to tender for the construction of a pilot renewable green hydrogen facility (RHF) at its Johannesburg Research, Testing and Development (RT&D) unit.
The power utility said that developing...
Eskom gives rough load-shedding outlook
Eskom expects to continue implementing stage 6 load-shedding until Monday, 24 February 2025, before reducing the power cuts to lower levels throughout the coming week.
During a media briefing on Sunday, 23 February 2025, Eskom CEO Dan Marokane provided...
Eskom loss surges to R55 billion after NTCSA separation
Eskom recorded an after-tax loss of R55 billion in its previous financial year, running from April 2023 to March 2024.
The amount is over double the R26.1 billion loss Eskom reported in its 2023 financial year.
Explosion at Eskom power station
Eskom has revealed that a transformer explosion occurred at Matla power station in Mpumalanga at 17:00 on Thursday, with initial reports indicating that nine employees were injured, with one in critical condition.
The explosion affected Matla Unit 6. As a...
Eskom CEO lists primary goals in fixing electricity crisis
Boosting Eskom's energy availability factor (EAF), building gas power and new nuclear power capacity, and accelerating the expansion of South Africa's transmission grid.
These are among the key goals Eskom CEO Dan Marokane has in mind...
New Eskom CEO starting on 1 March 2024
Eskom has announced that its new group CEO, Dan Marokane, will assume office on 1 March 2024.
In its announcement of Marokane's appointment in early December 2023, Eskom said he would be joining the company no later than 31 March 2024.
Dan Marokane will be new Eskom CEO — Report
Dan Marokane is expected to be appointed as the new chief executive officer of South Africa’s state power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. after an almost year-long search for a candidate, according to people familiar with the decision.
The company’s...