Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan has told Bloomberg News that Eskom will have a new CEO before the end of this year. Gordhan told the news agency that finding a suitable candidate with the right capabilities is a big challenge. The minister also labelled reports that he rejected some candidates for the Eskom CEO position as rumours. He says the Eskom CEO will be named soon. Governance issues News reports that Gordhan rejected the […]
Eskom's new CEO, Andre de Ruyter, says the power utility is in the process of appointing boards for its generation, transmission and distribution divisions, giving effect to President Cyril Ramaphosa's directive that the utility must develop a new business model to become sustainable. The plan to split the power utility into three operationally independent entities - which would still fall under an Eskom holding company - was announced by Ramaphosa in his […]
Andre de Ruyter, Eskom’s chief executive officer, has said that while he favours letting companies generate their own power there will be significant initial costs if they are to sell their excess generation into the South African grid. Frustrated by regular power cuts, mining and industrial companies have been pushing the government to allow them to build their own power plants to ensure security of supply. They also want to […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
