Eskom generation boss quits — second in six months
Eskom's general executive for generation, Rhulani Mathebula, has resigned from his position and will leave the utility at the end of November 2022.
Eskom chief operating officer Jan Oberholzer announced the development at the start of the...
Eskom's head of generation resigns
Eskom chief generation officer Phillip Dukashe has resigned to leave Eskom at the end of May.
Rhulani Mathebula will act as generation executive following his departure while recruitment begins.
Eskom gives up trying to predict when it will lift load-shedding
Eskom chief generation officer Phillip Dukashe said that, in the best-case scenario, they could suspend load-shedding on Friday, 22 April 2022.
This is the first time in years the power utility has avoided giving an estimated...
Expect load-shedding tomorrow — Eskom
Eskom COO Jan Oberholzer has warned that load-shedding would most likely be required tomorrow evening.
Oberholzer said this is despite at least another 2,000MW of generating capacity that could be brought back online on Tuesday.
Eskom load-shedding update for rest of the week
Eskom provided an update on its outlook for load-shedding for the rest of the week during a media briefing on Thursday.
The utility's CEO André de Ruyter said that a total of 12,902MW of generating capacity was unavailable.
Eskom CEO André de Ruyter answers the big question — What went wrong?
Poor project management, cash flow problems, and underestimating the extent of the neglect at some power stations are major reasons why Eskom’s maintenance programme has not gone according to plan.
South Africa is currently...