I think oaficially he was hired to split Eskom up - one big feeding trough into three smaller ones. He's just kindly helping out on the generation side
You'd think fixing things would be the solution. How this failure to course-correct has gone on for so long is mind boggling - the state lacks the competence to fix one of the most fundamental services in the country. The ANC & this bullshit 'democracy' that props them up all the time can gtfo.