sikonathi mantshantsha

  1. Jan

    Eskom board chair says they will take "appropriate and reasonable" steps against De Ruyter

    Eskom board will take action against De Ruyter over tell-all Eskom chairman Mpho Makwana says the utility's board is reviewing several alleged "transgressions" that former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter had committed in media interviews and in his recently-published book. Speaking during an Eskom...
    • Jan
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    • andré de ruyter eskom george fivaz forensic and risk (gffr) jacques pauw load-shedding mpho makwana sikonathi mantshantsha
    • Replies: 70
    • Forum: Eskom and Electricity: Load Shedding
  3. Jan

    Eskom disputes economists' warning of higher total grid collapse risk

    Economists warn risk of total grid collapse is higher — Eskom denies it Eskom has denied that it has put more strain on its generating system in the past few weeks to avoid higher levels of load-shedding. The response comes after a News24 report in which Nedbank chief economist Nicky Weimar...
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    "Goodbye Eskom" — Sikonathi Mantshantsha

    "Goodbye Eskom" — Sikonathi Mantshantsha Eskom spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha will be leaving the utility at the end of February 2023. Mantshantsha's departure comes at the end of his three-year fixed-term contract at Eskom.
  5. Jan

    South Africa hitting Stage 7 during evening peak-hour, Eskom confirms

    Eskom confirms stage 7 load-shedding Eskom spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha has confirmed that the System Operator implemented stage 7 load-shedding during evening peak demand periods on Tuesday and Wednesday. The System Operator, headed by general manager Isabel Fick, determines the level...
  6. Jan

    Eskom technically load-shed at Stage 7 last week - BER

    Eskom load-shedding hit stage 7, say economists Eskom "technically" implemented stage 7 load-shedding at one point last week, according to the Bureau for Economic Research's (BER's) latest weekly review. The BER argues Eskom's power cuts reached this level if you account for the load...
  7. Jan

    Eskom delays Koeberg refuelling and refurbishment outage

    Eskom delays critical Koeberg outage after warnings of imminent stage 7 Power utility Eskom has delayed the scheduled outage of a Koeberg nuclear power station unit to afford the utility "some time" to stabilise its power system. Eskom spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha confirmed the...
    • Jan
    • Thread
    • eskom koeberg power station load-shedding open-cycle gas turbine (ocgt) sikonathi mantshantsha ted blom
    • Replies: 72
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  8. Jan

    No Christmas cheer expected in Eskom financials...

    Unpleasant shocks lie ahead in Eskom financials Eskom’s prolonged delay in releasing its financial results for the year to 31 March 2022 probably means that some unpleasant shocks lie in store for its shareholder, debt holders and customers. Eskom’s generation performance has been continually...
    • Jan
    • Thread
    • eskom jan oberholzer open-cycle gas turbine (ocgt) petrosa sikonathi mantshantsha
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  9. Jan

    De Ruyter insists circuit board found in his car is "sophisticated" bug

    Eskom CEO doubles down on "sophisticated" spying device found in his Volvo Eskom CEO André de Ruyter has doubled down on the claim that he stumbled upon a highly sophisticated tracking device under the driver’s seat of his Volvo. De Ruyter was answering questions on live streaming platform...
    • Jan
    • Thread
    • andré de ruyter daniel cuthbert eskom friedel fivaz george fivaz kieno kammies load-shedding sikonathi mantshantsha tracker volvo waitroom
    • Replies: 108
    • Forum: Eskom and Electricity: Load Shedding
  10. Jan

    Volvo and Tracker say De Ruyter's "spying device" could be one of theirs

    Truth about spying device found in Eskom CEO André de Ruyter's car The circuit board Eskom CEO André de Ruyter found under the driver’s seat of his Volvo was likely the panic button of a pre-fitted tracking system. “Based off of the photos that you have sent us, our third-party supplier...
    • Jan
    • Thread
    • andré de ruyter daniel cuthbert eskom friedel fivaz george fivaz sikonathi mantshantsha tracker volvo
    • Replies: 136
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  11. Jan

    Eskom is the symptom, not the cause of load-shedding - Hilton Trollip

    Who to blame for Stage 6 power cuts Independent energy expert Hilton Trollip says that Eskom's current load-shedding woe is due to the failures of the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE). Trollip explained that the DMRE is required by law to make plans well in advance to connect...
  12. 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...
  13. Jan

    Eskom burning through 9 million litres of diesel per day

    Eskom guzzling enough diesel to fill 200,000 cars per day Eskom is burning through 9 million litres of diesel per day to run its open-cycle gas turbine (OCGT) generating units, chief operating officer Jan Oberholzer has revealed. This volume of diesel is enough to fill the tanks of up to...
  14. Jan

    Eskom can't take back white engineers without jumping through hoops

    Eskom can't bring back the skills to stop load-shedding — here's why Eskom can’t simply accept the offers of 70 skilled pensioners to return to the power utility and work for free, chief executive André de Ruyter has said. Responding to questions during a recent media briefing, De Ruyter said...
  15. 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
    • Thread
    • 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
  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

    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
    • Thread
    • 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
  18. 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
    • Thread
    • 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
  19. Jan

    Sikonathi Mantshantsha crowdfunding R1 million to defend defamation case brought by former Eskom CEO

    Eskom spokesperson asks for R1 million to fight former Eskom CEO Eskom spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise R1 million for a legal fight with former acting Eskom CEO Matshela Koko.
  20. Jan

    Stopping load-shedding (in the short term) is easy, but it's a bad strategy - Eskom

    Real reason load-shedding is so bad under Andre de Ruyter Eskom says extensive maintenance of its ageing power station infrastructure over the last two years is the main reason why load-shedding has been at its worst during the tenure of its current CEO Andre De Ruyter. This comment comes...
    • Jan
    • Thread
    • andré de ruyter eskom load-shedding sikonathi mantshantsha
    • Replies: 40
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  21. Jan

    Eskom denies lying about load-shedding

    Eskom accused of lying about load-shedding Eskom has denied using load reduction to hide the amount of load-shedding it is implementing in South Africa. Following similar allegations in October 2020 and June 2021, energy analyst Ted Blom has again claimed the power utility is being devious in...
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