Africa Matters

South Africa now hiring for the job that no one wants

South Africa’s debt-ridden state power utility is recruiting its 14th chief executive officer in a decade, but finding someone who can do the job and actually wants it will be a tall ask. Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. supplies more than 90% of the nation’s electricity, has more than 42,000 employees and doesn’t earn enough to cover its operating costs…

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SA, Eskom Chief De Ruyter Resigns

Eskom Group’s chief executive Andre de Ruyter has resigned, reports News24, as the country suffers worsening loadshedding (planned power cuts). De Ruyter is vacating his position close to when he assumed his post – December 25, 2019. This is only the second time ever that the country has reached Stage 6 level of power cuts, since the energy crisis…

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