BusinessLive reports that Eskom has appointed Bheki Nxumalo, a long-time employee of the state-owned power utility, to head its critical power generation business.  

Nxumalo, a registered engineer, joined Eskom as a senior technician in 1996 and has more than 20 years’ experience in various positions in Eskom’s generation business, the utility said in a statement on Wednesday.  He will take up the role of group executive of generation from 1 July.  Severe operational issues at Eskom came to the fore earlier this year when, for the first time, the utility instituted stage 4 load-shedding, wreaking havoc on the SA economy and contributing to a 3.2% contraction in GDP growth in the first three months of 2019.  Eskom said inadequate maintenance of its ageing fleet of coal-fired power stations was behind the frequent unplanned outages.

• The original of the above report by Lisa Steyn is at BusinessLive
• Eskom’s press statement is at Polity

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