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<\/a>Wayne Duvenage, Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse CEO<\/p><\/div>\n
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) CEO Wayne Duvenage said it is ridiculous to call for the removal of De Ruyter and the Eskom board.<\/p>\n
\u201cEskom management has inherited a systemic breakdown and failure of an institution. There has been very little maintenance, and there has been very little procurement of energy since 2019,\u201d he said. \u201cTo lay blame and put all of these problems at the feet of De Ruyter is misguided.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added that De Ruyter and his team are trying to fix the problems they inherited and are addressing problems like corrupt leaders and companies ripping Eskom off.<\/p>\n
Business Unity South Africa (Busa) has also rejected calls for De Ruyter to resign, saying they stand with the Eskom leadership in these difficult times.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt does not help to exacerbate the ongoing operational crisis by creating a leadership and governance crisis at Eskom,\u201d Busa said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis leadership has taken the tough decisions, shown remarkable openness and transparency and, critically, developed a progressive future-looking plan that will see the diversification and decarbonisation of the electricity supply system in South Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n
Energy expert Chris Yelland also defended De Ruyter, saying the transparency and effort he put in to keep South Africans abreast of the latest developments are in a different league to his predecessors.<\/p>\n
Even energy analyst Mike Rossouw, who is fiercely critical of Eskom, backed De Ruyter and his leadership team.<\/p>\n
\u201cDe Ruyter and his COO, Jan Oberholzer, are good people. To let them go now makes no sense whatsoever,\u201d Rossouw said.<\/p>\n